caught

Object

• sight: Mind, in Borders today I caught sight of a book that was being recommended by Katie Price.

Present participle complement

• nap: We are basically a victim of our own success, many more visitors coming to the site and hence we got caught napping.
• steal: Any employe caught stealing can expect to be prosecuted through the courts.

Preposition: in

• trap: Much of our literature and our posters seemed caught in this trap.
• headlight: I have to admit that my feeling like a rabbit caught in headlights helped cloud my memory of what pearls of wisdom were spoken.
• snare: Animals caught in snares often suffer a lingering death.
• cross-fire: Teachers and children have been caught in the cross-fire of these debates.
• possession: With nowhere to go I was inevitably caught in possession by a crunching tackle from James Brown!
• middle: I was looking for love, but I was caught in the middle of a violent house that left me feeling hopeless and frightened.