Example sentences of "beat [noun] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And the ice men from Milton keynes are through to the final of the Autumn trophy they beat Swindon in the semi-final
2 Without him Arsenal beat Chelsea in the opening round , but then faced a crisis when Birmingham forced a draw at Highbury in the next round .
3 Connell beat Gustafsson in the opener .
4 Three weeks before his death he received the Church Times Cup when Oxford beat Rochester in the Final .
5 to rugby next the cherry and whites are back on the winning trail … they beat Pontypool at the weekend in a real rough and tumble of a game …
6 But Gascoigne wins it back , but Stein beats Gascoigne to the ball , lays it forward now to Simpson , Simpson — bad ball by Simpson , it 's Spurs in possession down the right side , it 's Paul Allen faced by Gary again , in fact it 's Paul Stewart , Stewart gets inside , will he get in the shooting chance , he 's trying to — chance now for Gascoigne , Gascoignes get in his shot and he 's scored .
7 The senior team won the Division One championship and beat Lisnagarvey in the NIBA Senior Cup final , while the ‘ B ’ team also won the Junior Cup title with a victory over Lisnagarvey .
8 The senior team won the Division One championship and beat Lisnagarvey in the NIBA Senior Cup final , while the ‘ B ’ team also won the Junior Cup title with a victory over Lisnagarvey .
9 With both batsmen in the middle of the pitch , the ricochet beat Barlow to the bowler 's end and broke the stumps there as well ; Lloyd appealed , but umpire Jepson gave ‘ not out ’ .
10 Unfortunately living in Ireland I do n't see much of the team but I was lucky enough to be in Southampton a few weeks ago to see them beat Southampton about the head a little .
11 They beat Southampton from the premiership in the second round and have now forced a replay in their third round tie against Blackburn Rovers .
12 In 1981 he skippered Harrogate to their first Yorkshire Cup victory for 17 years and coached them back to cup-winning form when they beat Otley in the final at Morley last April .
13 In 1981 he skippered Harrogate to their first Yorkshire Cup victory for 17 years and coached them back to cup-winning form when they beat Otley in the final at Morley last April .
14 And in the Provincial Insurance Cup , Tredworth beat Stow on the Wold 5-0 in the quarter finals and remain the sole Central South representatives in the competition .
15 Another nanny beat Diana on the head with a wooden spoon if she was naughty or alternatively banged Charles and Diana 's heads together .
16 Carl Prean , another former holder of the Top 12 who beat Douglas in the final of the Classic , is absent in Germany , which should give Cooke a better chance to revive his fortunes , although he does have two talented teenagers Matthew Syed and Michael O'Driscoll in his group .
17 Pascoe 's stomach did a quick flip-over , he beat Dalziel to the door by a full two yards and almost fell into the lounge .
18 In the qualifying pool his seven-try spree — Brew and his policeman colleague Ian Strange scored in each of the five matches — helped Hong Kong 's comparatively modest outfit beat Zimbabwe on the try count and , accordingly , clinch a place in the World Cup Sevens final tournament .
19 Paes , who beat Hlasek in the opening singles , faces Rosset tomorrow .
20 And finally from me , Australia beat Worcestershire in the tour match at Worcester by five wickets with one ball to spare .
21 And finally from me , Australia beat Worcestershire in the tour match at Worcester by five wickets with one ball to spare .
22 This is a great club , the only one that can beat Liverpool for the enthusiasm of its supporters ’ , he enthused .
23 BRILLIANT Zimbabwean Peter Ndlovu jetted in from helping his country beat Egypt in the World Cup to find his Coventry place under threat .
24 To try and beat Iraq on the ground risks destroying Kuwait in order to save it . "
25 Ferguson marked his return by latching on to an Alan Main clearance to beat Murdoch to the jump on the edge of the box , and head in the fourth .
26 NEEDING four points from the six singles to beat Scotland on the opening day of the Womens Home Internationals at Hermitage Ireland could not quite bring it off and lost in the end by 5–4 .
27 ‘ The Portuguese coach , Carlos Quieroz , may now think his side have to beat Scotland in the Stadium of Light to have any prospect of qualification , ’ said Brown .
28 However , during the summer Lord King warned that Boeing had ‘ better get going ’ if it was to beat Airbus to the order .
29 He ate it with some biscuits , getting it down fast , his face close to the plate , his fork-hand hooking round to beat illness to the punch .
30 Senna desperately needed to beat Mansell at the start but the Williams made the better getaway .
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