Someone turned the handle and beat upon the outside of the door.

I repeatedly beat my hands upon the rocks to get some sort of life into them.

He beat a fist softly upon the arm of his chair.

He began to beat upon it with a regular rhythm.

He found himself at a wall and beat upon it with his fists.

His job, he said, was to beat crew members upon a manager's request.

They beat upon it, called upon her to let them inside.

I ran, stumbling, to the door of the building and beat upon it.

The light which beats upon him would do very well for a throne.

As he did so the yellow light beat upon his own features, and I was able to study them at my ease.