Example sentences of "were caught in [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Brits , most of them pensioners , were caught in a storm which is feared to have killed at least 45 people in southern France . |
| 2 | Walcott suggested there was a three-fold division in the House of Commons at this time : the government interest , which comprised placemen , pensioners and those who in other ways were dependent upon the Court for their position ; a large body of independent back-bench MPs ; and a middle group of professional politicians , which could be divided into seven " connections " , each tied together by family and personal relationships and electoral interests , and which were caught in a struggle for power between the " ins " and " outs " . |
| 3 | The High Elves were caught in the jaws of a trap , fighting a war on two fronts against two powerful foes . |
| 4 | Emma Marsden and Eddie Hasleden , both 17 , of Harrogate , North Yorks , were caught in the crush . |
| 5 | It is as if the USA and the USSR were caught in the logic of the Prisoner 's Dilemma or the Chicken Game and the only sense in which this is not mere fiction is that it lets us predict successfully what will happen next . |
| 6 | Just 2 mallard ducks ; an adult male and female were caught in the decoy this time . |
| 7 | MATCH-WINNER Eddie McGoldrick and QPR goal scorer Gary Penrice were caught in the middle of a violent confrontation between rival fans after Palace 's surprise win . |
| 8 | The so-called ‘ fourth generation ’ were caught in the middle and it is no wonder they suffered from a ‘ clash in values ’ described in a number of articles discussing youth ‘ problems ’ . |
| 9 | Rosemary Sandford said her husband , son and mother-in-law were caught in the middle of looting , rioting and fires . |
| 10 | And what if we were caught in the exit chimneys in a storm like the one the day before , stranded without head torches ? |
| 11 | Men , trapped by their own wealth , were caught in the economics of billions , lost in some bankers ’ monopoly game . |
| 12 | Around 150,000 salmon were caught in the river in 1900 , but by 1920 catches had dropped to 30,000 . |
| 13 | Four other cars and a motorcycle were caught in the mayhem . |
| 14 | At least four other cars and a motorcyle were caught in the mayhem . |
| 15 | Federal investigators concluded that the thieves ( they were caught in the act ) had been shot with revolvers on the order of a local police captain who then , with the help of a town official , instigated the lynching to mask the shooting . |
| 16 | This last qualification was not unimportant , and violence sometimes ensued when cattle thieves were caught in the act . |
| 17 | Over the past decade or so , there has been evidence to show that an increasing number of low-paid families in work were caught in the poverty trap . |
| 18 | Doctors who tried to help the wounded were caught in the crossfire , and in some places ambulances also came under attack . |
| 19 | The shares , however , were caught in the market slide and lost 16p to 584p . |
| 20 | They were caught in the storms that had earlier caused chaos for sailors in the area . |
| 21 | The Jews were caught in the war between Antiochus IV Epiphanes and Ptolemy VI Philometor in which Egypt was saved by Roman intervention in 168 B.C. Antiochus IV who was robbed of his victory by the Romans tried to cope with the consequent social and economic problems by interfering with indigenous sanctuaries and their finances . |