Example sentences of "[prep] [be] beat [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mark Bottomley is picking up the pieces of his life after being beaten around the head with a piece of scaffolding . |
| 2 | The women were all found in their own homes after being beaten around the head with a hammer . |
| 3 | Everton boss Howard Kendall bought Rideout after being beaten in the chase for £1 million hitman Dublin by Alex Ferguson . |
| 4 | The Army team 's last hope in the Inter-Service Championship disappeared at Aldershot last week when they lost 2–0 to the Royal Navy , after being beaten by the R.A.F. the week before . |
| 5 | Egyptians have recent memories of being beaten at the hands of western-backed armies . |
| 6 | A lawyer and former oilfield worker , he was head of government for nine years in the 1950s and 1960s under British colonial rule before being beaten at the polls by a charismatic rival , Mr Eric Gairy . |
| 7 | K : ‘ A lot of it is determination not to be beaten by the system . |
| 8 | The London middleweight Rod Douglas , who has been in hospital since being beaten by the British champion Herol Graham two weeks ago , is expected to leave hospital ‘ in a week or so ’ , according to his manager Mickey Duff , who said last night : ‘ He is going to make a complete recovery . |
| 9 | Some of Gladstone 's fellow competitors obviously could n't care less about being beaten into the minor placings , but fellow breeders were more forthcoming . |