Example sentences of "was caught [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rose too was caught up in the preparations . |
| 2 | A demand for the ‘ noblest ’ architecture inevitably meant that Nonconformity was caught up in the debates over the value of Gothic architecture which went on for most of the Victorian period . |
| 3 | Nicholson was caught up in the aftermath and became Hollywood 's hottest property to emerge for two decades . |
| 4 | Despite the fact that he was personally on only the periphery of the Polanski affair , he was caught up in the backwash , in the resultant discussion of the wider issues of the counter-culture , and it was in this category that the critics had firmly placed their new star as the analysis of his role in Easy Rider continued through the run-up to the Oscar presentations and beyond . |
| 5 | A railway worker , also making his way home , was caught up in the riot and , as a result of baton blows , was deafened in one ear and had to have sixteen stitches to his head . |
| 6 | Prayers for the safety of John Dakyn were probably necessary , as he was caught up in the religious controversies of the age . |
| 7 | Waller 's double-glazing business was caught up in the plague when hooligans set his small factory on fire . |
| 8 | In 1979 as a hospital worker , she was caught up in the Winter of Discontent . |
| 9 | I was caught up in the Truby King Mothercraft doctrine of 1935 … |
| 10 | She was caught up in the drama of a big story . |
| 11 | He , too , was caught up in the excitement for jazz and with Bobby and other students went down to the Red Barn at Barnehurst , a half-hour run from Charing Cross , to hear George Webb 's Dixielanders , the band that pioneered the New Orleans revival in Britain . |
| 12 | Although he admits there were ‘ times it felt like farce — chasing a guy through the woods who was chasing the ghost of his dead father ’ , Bradley nevertheless says there were moments when he was caught up in the atmosphere . |
| 13 | As he passed again on the other side of the road on his way back forty minutes later he was caught up in the very worst time of day for traffic . |
| 14 | Now there is a whole ocean between John and me , Ianthe thought , but soon she was caught up in the bustle of landing . |
| 15 | Like her French contemporaries Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun or Adelaide Labille-Guiard , Angelica Kauffman was caught up in the contradictory politics of class and gender through the elite patronage without which she could not work . |
| 16 | The Southampton defender was caught up in the passion of Boro 's FA Cup-tie at Portsmouth last week . |
| 17 | His opposite number , Graham Marshall , was caught out in the lineout for use of outside arm by referee Jim Fleming — who dashed off post-match to prepare to officiate at the England v Wales women 's international yesterday — but he lasted the pace more comfortably than another of Selkirk 's national league comeback men , Rodney Pow , who can be expected to make more individual thrusts in the weeks to come . |