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‘A person may catch a bug.’

[⟨det person.ncatch.v ⟨det bug.n⟩]

Learned by Reading

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

If you haven’t caught the Marla Mason bug, you can read my reviews of Blood Engines and Posion Sleep.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Looks like you caught the bug, and want to go back.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Not sure if it is to prove to people I can do it… or if I caught the bug.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I have definitely caught the knitting bug again.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I caught the ebay bug and now I’m feverish with Cheap Item Buying Fury.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I caught the cold bug.
(Parse)

In the British National Corpus:

That was 12 years ago, and after winning the first race that I entered between Sudbury and Bures in a non-racing canoe, I had caught the bug.”
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I probably saw a few episodes of the first couple of seasons via syndication before I caught the bug and went back to the beginning.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Okay, I caught the bug.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

You can get hooked on any sport or game, but in golf you’ ’ catch the bug.”
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A couple of years ago, I suddenly caught the travelling bug, and this week I’ve decided to book a last minute holiday to the south of France, because the weather is so depressing here and I need to get away from it.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Well, I’ve warded it off for as long as I could – two months of being around sick co – workers, in fact – but I finally caught the bug.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Happiness is also being so stoned that you can catch that annoying bug between thumb and forefinger.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It links back to early days in my life, when I first caught the entrepreneurial bug.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Okay, I caught the bug.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I caught the bug again.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Slowing Down I caught the bug going around, so I called in sick for a few days.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He would have loved it out here on this cruise, as it was from him that I caught the cruising bug.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Don’t be surprised if you catch this catchy bug.
(Parse)

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Queried on 2013-05-21.