Sentence examples for referendum caught from inspiring English sources

The leave victory in last month's Brexit referendum caught the White House by surprise.

I think that the move of the referendum caught her off guard.

I think this deal will be extremely difficult for all of us, but we had to let the economy (which has been on its knees since the announcement of the referendum) catch its breath.

The victory of the Leave vote in the June referendum also caught many people off guard.

There are a number of possible reasons for this: it is August, a traditionally quiet month in the City; big pension funds want to hold on to their long-dated gilts because they need them to match their promises to savers; also, many in the City were not expecting more QE from the Bank so soon after the referendum and were caught on the hop by the new bond-buying.

As an editorial in this newspaper pointed out last week, the pace of events in Scotland – with Alex Salmond's proposals for a full on independence referendum appearing to catch at least some of the Scottish public's mood – and developments in Wales and Northern Ireland are passing many people in England by.

The significance of the election, he said, was to "confirm the results of the referendum" in 2014, a moment when "heart caught aflame".

He added: "If we took a referendum in this country... should people caught with 5kg of cocaine be executed, yes or no.

Catherine Mann, OECD chief economist, said the uncertainty caused by the referendum had come as the global economy was caught in a low-growth trap.

However the conference season has so far been overshadowed by events elsewhere - with Labour's gathering last week caught between the backwash of the Scottish referendum vote and developments in the Middle East.

Jonathan reminds us of the similar issue with the Mozilla CEO fired because he was caught donating to an anti-gay marriage referendum.