Example sentences of "catch [pers pn] in the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But I could n't get the door shut to lock him in and he caught me in the other cellar .
2 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 ) !
3 I caught it in the other hand .
4 I 've thrown it over and catch it in the other hand .
5 The car turned into the road ahead of him , catching him in the full beam of its headlights .
6 It is an unrelieved black except for the white flanks but a watcher catching it in the right light might see the head has an iridescent purple sheen which can be striking .
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