Example sentences of "was beat [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pike was beaten on 10 lb line at a gravel pit near Chestnut , Hertfordshire . |
| 2 | Zafonic was beaten on soft going at Maisons-Laffitte in April . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Bowden was beaten into second place by Dublin 's Eamonn Byrne after he suffered a line penalty on the seventh test . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | O'Brien was beaten into second place in the pro-am competition , with his 11 handicap partner Eddie Morrell . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The Labour candidate was beaten into third place with only 12 per cent . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In the return match in 1902 , Fitzsimmons was beaten in eight rounds after breaking his right hand trying to knock Jeffries out . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | The Lisnagarvey player was seeking to win the pairs and fours at Blackrock but was beaten in both semi-finals . |
| 14 | The tough-guy South African was beaten in seven rounds in an explosive world title eliminator against Riddick Bowe in Las Vegas last month . |
| 15 | ‘ He reached the last two but was beaten by one point thanks to strategic play by his opponent , ’ says a colleague . |
| 16 | It shows a street child who was beaten by four Guatemalan police officers in 1990 and later died of his injuries . |
| 17 | Ramsay MacDonald was beaten by such a campaign in 1921 with language that made the general election of 1918 seem tame . |
| 18 | Black was beaten by Nigerian Sunday Bada and Jean-Louis Rapnouil , of France , in a slow race . |
| 19 | The 23-year-old Glaswegian acknowledged that he was beaten by another big server . |
| 20 | The 23-year-old Glaswegian acknowledged that he was beaten by another big server . |
| 21 | CHESS wizard Bobby Fischer was beaten by old rival Boris Spassky yesterday — for the first time in 20 years . |
| 22 | In the ensuing play-off , he was beaten by 12 strokes . |
| 23 | Days and even weeks after he was beaten by Conservative Michael Bates , he found it difficult to discuss what had happened . |