Example sentences of "catch [pers pn] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 And one particularly thorough research study on boys growing up in London concluded that if a boy offends , the best way to prevent him from offending repeatedly is not to catch him in the first place ( West , 1992 : 104–11 ) !
2 At the speed the train is going , I will catch it at the next station .
3 I was gon na catch it at the next stop .
4 This trap is the Devil 's second snare and is the one he sets if he fails to catch us with the first one .
5 He did n't catch us until the last peak , Creag nan Damh , where a number of ridge-walkers were gathered , basking in the delight of the afternoon and resting on their laurels after a mammoth expedition .
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