Sentence examples for beaten close to from inspiring English sources

Fela was beaten close to death, and his elderly mother thrown from an upstairs window, afterwards dying of her injuries.

His Worldwide fund has beaten close to 90percentt of its peers in the last year, and three-fourths of them over three years.

Molodaya Gvardiya is a fanatically pro-Putin youth group that fell under suspicion last month, when newspaper reporter Oleg Kashin was beaten close to death with an iron bar outside his home in Moscow.

Ramsey whipped the ball to McCants, and Serwanga, beaten, closed on him from behind.

He left Rangers in ninth place in the Championship, one point off the play-off places, and in the last 16 of the Carling Cup, having beaten a close-to-full-strength Aston Villa in the previous round.

He says he was beaten by police close to the Occupy Oakland camp, but despite suffering agonising pain, did not reach hospital until 18 hours later.

Pantilimon was easily beaten despite being close to the shot but could also ask why six outfield players allowed the Everton forwards to pass at will on the edge of their area.

Choose something you have seen all (or at least most) of, or a game you have beaten or are close to beating.

Boys more often than girls, had been close to injury, met received threats of being beaten, and experienced serious illness.

Another resort slightly off the beaten track, yet conveniently close to Geneva, is La Clusaz.

His feet were on the desk — the same jaunty pose that Robards had picked up for the movie — but he looked tired, close to beaten.