didn't catch this

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

I didn't catch this the first time, though now you will.

I didn't catch this match, although I did see a Finnish-looking fellow in a Suomi T-shirt taking a place in the stands during the match before it.

I didn't catch this myself, but blogger Irate Greek reckons Greece's new finance minister told a reporter outside the presidential parliament that he'll see Mario Draghi, ECB chief, on Friday.

You didn't catch this on ESPN, but BMCC has quietly forged one of the most remarkable records in the country in the brainy sport of nerds.

Every time you make a selection, there's an audible high-pitched sound that's not annoying enough to make me stop using the player, but one does wonder why Toshiba didn't catch this before release.

In case you didn't catch this bit of news, DST's Yuri Milner and SV Angel have teamed up to launch the Start Fund, which gives all Y Combinator startups a $150,000 investment in the form of a convertible note with no cap and no discount.

Unfortunately, my colleagues did not catch this subtle yet vital difference, and word spread that I was retiring.

Unfortunately, the bank did not catch this until about 50 days after Easter, creating problems that nearly led to the closure of the company (Harper and Batiz-Lazo, 2013).

My fellow dual citizenship countrywoman, Madeleine Albright, certainly did not catch this flack... so why me?

I regret I did not catch this remark, as it should have been challenged.

But you don't catch this fairly rational corner believing for one minute the hocuspocus that goes on in Twentieth Century-Fox's "Whirlpool," which came to the Roxy yesterday.