Example sentences of "[vb past] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That court had , in fact , subpoenaed a draft copy of the Royal College of Physicians ' report on allergy . |
| 2 | In March 1925 he beat a Conservative mediocrity in an election for secretary of the Union , in Michaelmas 1925 he was vice-president , in Lent 1926 president . |
| 3 | As the rain beat a dull rhythm on Milan 's sludge-coloured buildings this spring , Italian designers were proclaiming the return of brilliant colour behind the facades of the word 's most industrial fashion capital . |
| 4 | The suspension loved it ( clonks from the front notwithstanding ) , the body sills and sumpguard slithered over bits where tractor rutting had cut deep , the whip aerial beat a tattoo on the roof and road-biased Semperit tyres found grip . |
| 5 | Sir Richard , 60 , who beat a challenge from Belgian Gen Jose Charlier , takes over the three-year post from Norwegian Gen Vigleik Eide . |
| 6 | At the end of the dance Maggie thanked him and beat a hasty retreat back to Natasha . |
| 7 | Blushing , he beat a hasty retreat . |
| 8 | Wally received a Benefit at the end of 1953–54 and almost 4,000 admirers turned out to see the Palace beat a London XI by six goals to five ! |
| 9 | They took on and beat a side currently leading London Division II South — a league above Alton . |
| 10 | He beat a red light and turned right again , on to the parkway that led along the river to the bridge . |
| 11 | At the height of her anger , unable to stop herself , she beat a loud tattoo with her clenched fists on the wooden edge of the bunk . |
| 12 | Kennedy was 43 when he beat a lacklustre Richard Nixon to the White House . |
| 13 | Any females which are not ripe will either stay away or beat a hasty retreat . |
| 14 | Shackled to an oar , she strained in a galley as an oiled mountain of flesh beat a huge drum . |
| 15 | Then the 19-year-old athlete scored a try as Wigan beat a Great Britain select side 37-36 . |
| 16 | The two lucky gunslingers turned out to be Julie Burchill and Tony Parsons who narrowly beat a young lad from Manchester at the final cut . |
| 17 | Greatly outnumbered , the ducks would abandon their foraging mission and beat a hasty retreat to their island stronghold at the slightest sign of trouble . |
| 18 | Small drummer boys , their lips caked with the road 's dust , beat a ragged advance as they ran . |
| 19 | Compaq Computer Corp beat a hasty retreat from ‘ desktop Unix . ’ |
| 20 | The blacks had just seen a film , ‘ Mississippi Burning ’ , in which Klansmen beat a black child to death . |
| 21 | Sometimes as they fly , they tilt their bodies so that their tails dip into the water , and beat a further few strokes , renewing their impetus and extending their flight . |
| 22 | He beat a hasty retreat when he spotted me approaching , but it was not hasty enough . |
| 23 | The sooner she beat a hasty retreat back to Valletta and Kalkara , and ultimately to the even safer distance of London , England , the better for everyone … |
| 24 | He beat a tattoo with the door-knocker , and again its reverberations filled the whole world . |
| 25 | On each alternate beat a hollow appeared in her left flank . |
| 26 | Possibly Daniel 's heart beat a little faster as he caught sight of the Cumberland mountains which he had come to know so well . |
| 27 | Summoning a bleary-eyed waiter to serve further alcoholic beverages , he beat a strategic retreat , to the raucous sound of upraised voices trilling ‘ Mid pleasures and gin-palaces … there 's no place like home . ’ |
| 28 | Edward 's heart , hardened against tears of self-pity , beat a little faster . |
| 29 | I felt my stomach lurch and my heart beat a little faster . |
| 30 | Maiden city beauty queen Kelly Craig beat a bevy of 14 leggy lovelies to win the Miss Derry pageant this week . |