Sentence examples for had been battering from inspiring English sources

England had been battering away for almost 20 phases without necessarily looking certain to score until the ball reached the Bath centre with Biggar in front of him.

He took a mop and cleaned up a bit of blood that had sprayed on the wall behind his 16-year-old daughter Sian's bed while he had been battering her to death.

Normally spring in Malta is in full flow by this time of year, but in the days prior to the race, a storm with a force seven wind had been battering the coast, so the sea is choppy and the ground wet and muddy.

Second, she had been battered physically and emotionally for years.

The company had been battered by turnover in its executive ranks.

Instead, they held a body that had been battered by compressions.

Utility crews from across the country struggled with a power network that had been battered.

No matter that he had been battered by 58 shots from the Red Wings.

Mr. Cooper noted that the manufacturing sector had been battered by job cuts in recent years.

Like Donna, she had been battered and raped by a gang.

She had been battered with a rock and a concrete block, suffering 50 wounds.