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Example sentences for "being caught"

  • Seven days now had they tarried in Carn Trewoofa, and had not yet succeeded in being Caught by the Tide.

  • The assembled veterans made no sound, with the exception of one who played nervously with his feet, advancing these by slow stages towards one another, and then scurrying them apart, as if fearful of being caught in the act.

  • They shall return to their homes without the supreme wonder and glory of being Caught by the Tide.

  • The fear of being caught is balanced by the hope of stealing with impunity.

  • They are alike afraid of being caught, and, if noticed, of being recognised, but in case they should only see them and yell at them, they would be satisfied.

  • The danger of being caught in the act did not frighten him; it rather encouraged him--his eyes would turn darker, his teeth would clench, and his face would assume an expression of anger and pride.

  • I had no fear of being caught, even if we should be pursued, and this, in the broad light of the peaceful Sabbath afternoon, seemed the remotest possibility.

  • Helen Holbrook's double-dealing created a condition of affairs that demanded cautious handling, and I had no intention of being caught napping.

  • Whoever the young gentleman was, he had no intention of being caught; he darted in and out among the trees with astounding lightness, and I saw in a moment that he was slowly turning away to the right.

  • I saw the snare, and my self-respect prevented my being caught in it.

  • The affair was happily consummated, but we had a narrow escape of being caught by Rose, who came in with Le Duc and begged me to let him dance, promising that he would behave himself properly.

  • I suppose that in Cesena you were afraid of being caught by the officer whom you had left in Rome?

  • He gives "dares," runs risks of being caught, and exercises his courage in many ways.

  • Stepping over the side lines while being chased is equivalent to being caught; but this does not apply when escorting a prisoner or at any other time.

  • Once only I slept with her the whole night, or rather lay fucking her, we were frightened to sleep, for fear of being caught.

  • If I am captured and sent to prison, there I must remain until I am exchanged for a French officer, though I don't think there's much chance of my being caught.

  • The tide was now rising rapidly, and they saw that they would be exposed to the danger of being caught by the sea, could they not get some distance up the cliff.

  • The consequences of being caught would be very serious to them, yet more so to Le Duc, who would almost to a certainty be shot for having assisted in their escape.

  • Remember that I was the means of saving the lives of two of you, although, when I plunged into the water and swam to you at the risk of being caught by a shark, or sinking myself from fatigue, I did not expect any return.

  • I suggested the hammock, but she wouldn't run the risk of being caught napping.

  • She had an uneasy sensation as of being caught in the endless meshes of an invisible net that compassed her whichever way she turned.

  • It would have been madness to have run the risk of being caught in the ice again.

  • Not without running a great deal of risk of being caught in the ice, sir.

  • The Birds, however, who had disregarded her wholesome advice, being caught in nets made of the flax, came to an untimely end.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    being acted; being answered; being baffled; being built; being connected; being considered; being contrary; being discovered; being duly; being entirely; being formed; being gone; being ignorant; being kept; being like; being miserable; being only; being played; being questioned; being raised; being ready; being thrown; being unwilling; black walnuts; done under the sun; should find