Example sentences of "[was/were] beat [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And his gallant countrymen were beaten at last . |
| 2 | Manufacturing systems manager Phil Knapper said : ‘ Congratulations to both factories for setting such high standards and also to Mason 's Ironstone who were beaten into second place by just one point . |
| 3 | Labour held Hemsworth , where the Conservatives were beaten into third place by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 4 | Latymer had taken the lead after 10 minutes but , despite playing the better football throughout , were beaten by two scrambled goals from Rodney Walshe , one just before half-time and the other 30 seconds from the end . |
| 5 | It would have been money well spent by Wolves , who were beaten by two goals from the in-form striker after taking the lead through Paul Cook . |
| 6 | Few excuses can be offered for the England batsmen 's failure to pile up runs both here and in the first Test at Calcutta , where they were beaten by eight wickets . |
| 7 | As in Calcutta — where England were beaten by eight wickets — and Madras , where they lost by an innings and 22 runs , the English batsmen had no answers to the spin bowling . |
| 8 | Esh , meanwhile , were beaten by five wickets at home to . |
| 9 | The surviving stowaway said his friends on board the MacRuby were beaten by six crewmen before being hurled into the Atlantic off Portugal . |
| 10 | The Dallas Cowboys , who were beaten by Green Bay , and the Detroit Lions , who lost to the Minnesota Vikings , remain without a win . |
| 11 | To think otherwise would be to succumb to the glamour and particularity with which seniority was invested by the boys themselves ; the critical fact was that , in the fullness of time , little boys who were beaten by big ones might reasonably expect to do the beating themselves . |
| 12 | Lancashire were beaten by three men named in the England squad for Lord 's although Essex 's star man , John Stephenson , is currently out of favour with the selectors . |
| 13 | Both fashions occurred in an era of desperate shortage and hardship for millions ; zoot-suited dandies were beaten by angry mobs on the streets of New York and the style was finally banned . |
| 14 | In the early hours of yesterday morning they were beaten in four sets by Patrick McEnroe and Jim Grabb , and then some 13 hours later they fell 6-3 , 7-6 , 7-6 to the Australians Darren Cahill and Mark Kratzman , who as a result qualified for the semi-finals . |
| 15 | In the early hours of yesterday morning they were beaten in four sets by Patrick McEnroe and Jim Grabb , and then some 13 hours later they fell 6-3 , 7-6 , 7-6 to the Australians Darren Cahill and Mark Kratzman , who as a result qualified for the semi-finals . |
| 16 | He reappeared in the following year 's repeat win over Aberavon , but by the time Swansea were beaten in 1976 his knee had left him idle again . |
| 17 | The former world champion had saved four match points in rallying from 2–5 in the fourth set , which he eventually won on a tie-break , before winning the fifth set 6–0 but he had little to offer in the doubles , when he and Eric Jelen were beaten in straight sets . |
| 18 | MANCHESTER UNITED star Darren Ferguson was sent off in disgrace as Scotland were beaten in this European Under-21 championship qualifier at Sursee last night . |
| 19 | The pike was beaten on 10 lb line at a gravel pit near Chestnut , Hertfordshire . |
| 20 | Zafonic was beaten on soft going at Maisons-Laffitte in April . |
| 21 | He organised a presidential election in the first round of which , on March 10th , he was beaten into second place by his prime minister , Nicéphore Soglo . |
| 22 | Bowden was beaten into second place by Dublin 's Eamonn Byrne after he suffered a line penalty on the seventh test . |
| 23 | A financial advisor , he was beaten into second place by about 2,000 votes in the November by-election , having stood for the Tynebridge constituency five years ago . |
| 24 | O'Brien was beaten into second place in the pro-am competition , with his 11 handicap partner Eddie Morrell . |
| 25 | The men retained the 5,000m gold , although last year 's winner Jeremy Freeman , was beaten into third spot by England international Dale Laughlin , former Anglo-European pupil now living in Romford , who showed a smart pair of heels . |
| 26 | The crushing defeat of the NDP raised questions as to the political future of Haynes — once commonly described as " the second most powerful man in Barbados " — who was beaten into third place in his own constituency . |
| 27 | The Labour candidate was beaten into third place with only 12 per cent . |
| 28 | Half the fleet had arrived by last night , including the joint services yacht Satquote British Defender , which was beaten for eighth place by only 37 minutes by the first of the three Finnish challengers , Martela OF . |
| 29 | In the return match in 1902 , Fitzsimmons was beaten in eight rounds after breaking his right hand trying to knock Jeffries out . |
| 30 | The third seed was beaten in four sets by the 18th-ranked Czech and the highly-rated Swede was forced to admit : ‘ It was one of those days . ’ |