Directed physical attack.
1 Suddenly the drum began to beat in the courtyard before the house.
2 I had beaten the daughter; now I was to beat the father.
3 Róisín Ingle explains how to beat New Year blues on a budget.
4 The sound of hoofs began to beat in about the waiting two.
5 You want to beat them here in Europe and on the seas.
6 All the pulses in his body began to beat fast and hard.
7 That emotional crisis threatening to beat down all her reserves had passed.
8 The whole next day the rain continued to beat against the window.
9 This Ireland group know there is a way to beat any team.
10 For ease of access, she too believes Europe is hard to beat .
11 Then his heart began to beat as Alice appeared in the arch.
12 Naomi could find no grain in the fields to beat into flour.
13 Firstly, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, to beat good Irish heather honey.
14 Collectively, we can all work together to beat traffic congestion, he said.
15 They saw the plight of the Humming-Bird and determined to beat her.
16 But we want to beat the Navy, year in and year out.
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