Example sentences of "[verb] catch [adv prt] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We got caught up in the keep-fit bandwagon in the mid 80s and got ourselves into shape . |
| 2 | It was perhaps ironic that having decided to dedicate the rest of his career to the private sector that Cuckney became caught up in a major government row when he took over as chairman of Westland Group . |
| 3 | The tempo of living quickens this week and it will be difficult to avoid getting caught up in the frantic pace of events . |
| 4 | It is bad enough having the sufferer saying one thing but really meaning another without the counsellor getting caught up in the same macabre " game " . |
| 5 | ‘ One gets caught up in the old social whirl . |
| 6 | As we approach the site , coming off the freeway , we get caught up in a four mile tailback , as there 's only one entrance to the fairground . |
| 7 | Almost inevitably the issue had become caught up in a tangled web of local education politics . |
| 8 | Companies behind with their accounts and returns submissions will have to catch up in the next 12 months . |
| 9 | And that headdress would get caught up in the overhead wires , you silly boy . |
| 10 | Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's decision not to support the French proposal to fix the conference date in Strasbourg highlights his concern that the question of European monetary union and the inevitable transfer of powers from West Germany 's Bundesbank to the new European central bank would get caught up in the German general election next autumn . |
| 11 | The atmosphere is bad and British sailors could get caught up in the bad feeling if they went ashore , ’ said the Ark Royal 's captain , John Brigstocke . |
| 12 | Even if Telecom could get planning permission for its Ballsbridge site ( although it is difficult to see anyone now wanting to get caught up in a possible planning scandal on top of what has already gone down ) the development costs are going to be huge . |
| 13 | I was just far enough behind not to get caught up in the thick of it . |