She tried to beat the mosquitoes away.
Somebody was beating the door.
His father beat him for being disobedient.
He beat his wife to let her obey his orders.
She beat the quilt to make it soft.
She was beating the rug to clean it.
They beat hard a big drum to urge the soldiers on.
It~sn./pron.+that/wh-clause
It beats me that they turned down the invitation.
It beats me how he did it.