Sentence examples for first beating from inspiring English sources

Bob Fitzsimmons was the first, beating James J Corbett in 1897, and remarkably there is footage of that fight.

Thomas finished first, beating Orrin, 6 and 4, and then rode a cart to the 15th green, where Wyatt was polishing off his win, 4 and 3. "What's he putting for?" Thomas asked as he drove up.

3. Either make the mayonnaise by hand, first beating the egg yolk with a fork, then adding the peanut and olive oils little by little and beating them in until you have a smooth emulsion.

Rupp started and finished the play for New Jersey, first beating Michal Handzus cleanly on the face-off deep in the Flyers' end, then beating Handzus to the net to deflect the puck into the goal.

Gus Pichot's side had just completed seven weeks of tweaking the nose of world rugby, first beating France on the opening night of their own World Cup in Paris before completing the embarrassment with a second win that night in the play-off for third place.

But the German came alive in the closing minutes of the session, first beating Hamilton's time by 0.792 seconds and then lowering his mark again to one minute 28.125 seconds - a massive 1.418secs faster than Hamilton.

"First beat I did," he recalled, "was in seventh grade, on my computer.

It reminded me of when James, my oldest son, first beat me at tennis.

Pakistani interrogators first beat him and then the US organised his rendition to Morocco.

The Wolverines finished third, beating Alabama-Birmingham.

Santambrogio won in 4 hours 42 minutes 55 seconds, beating Nibali in a final sprint.