Example sentences of "[was/were] beaten up [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Parliamentary recruiting officer was beaten up during a riot at West Hoathly fair in 1643 , and the spate of troubles increased . |
| 2 | A DOCTOR was beaten up by a gang as he made a midnight call to the home of a dying cancer patient . |
| 3 | A PATIENT waiting for a heart-lung transplant was beaten up by a gang outside a Chinese takeaway . |
| 4 | And when , within five weeks of returning from that injury , she was beaten up by a yob , she still did n't dream of quitting . |
| 5 | A PASSENGER died from appalling injuries after he was beaten up by a woman bus conductor , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 6 | The report revealed that the riots had been sparked off by police mishandling of a case in which a trader was beaten up by a customs official in Taipei . |
| 7 | In 1672 , for example , the Dutch Cromwell , de Witt , was torn limb from limb in the street by a frenzied mob , and in 1986 I was beaten up in a bar . |