Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] beyond " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coming from a police family and married to a police officer , her inculcated beliefs were such that the alternative concepts which the sociology of law posed were beyond acceptability . |
| 2 | I like to think I am broad-minded , but the language my father used was beyond the pale , and all because he could n't have a shave ! |
| 3 | Unfortunately he 'd been beyond reason , and after hearing in detail from Paul what a fiasco the whole performance had been she was n't surprised . |
| 4 | These and many other factors are of great importance to practising physicians , but to do justice to them and to the controversies which they provoked is beyond the purpose of this book . |
| 5 | Afterwards he simply said : ‘ It was my biggest achievement yet and I was not at all disappointed as I did something that I thought was beyond me . |
| 6 | My delight at everything I saw was beyond bounds — gardens were allotted my sister and self — there was the canal to fish in — a pony to ride — besides animals of different kinds … |
| 7 | It was funny , in a Lewis Carroll sort of way , and at least the result was passable , if only as a trade magazine , whereas the woman 's magazine had been beyond a joke and she could not bear to look at the end product . |
| 8 | He had filled his pockets with stones , but the drama of the landscape had been beyond his understanding . |
| 9 | It became possible to standardize the matériel and develop strategy in a way that had been beyond Muscovy 's capabilities . |
| 10 | It was as if she had been beyond the sky . |
| 11 | . The long-term psychic damage Pound underwent is beyond calculation . |
| 12 | That someone she would never have ; the only man she wanted was beyond her reach and she would n't , could n't accept second best , though that was what she would have to do unless she wanted to walk alone forever . |