How to use "catching" in a sentence

Sentences

'Just get in the line and start catching the ball,' he told me.

He had been more interested in catching Thenardier, who had escaped from prison and was known to be in the area.

She rarely answered questions and spent a lot of her time sewing, hut her favourite activity seemed to be catching flies, which she always released unharmed after examining them carefully.

even when catching flies.'

The local fisherman's guide book doesn't say anything about catching fish