BEYOND in a Sentence

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For BEYOND, below is one of 338 sentences:
He took no particular notice of him, beyond thinking in his own mind that it was early for him to be at work.

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 Meanings and Examples of BEYOND
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
beyond
 ad.  on the farther side from the observer
 ad.  farther along in space or time or degree
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He took no particular notice of him, beyond thinking in his own mind that it was early for him to be at work.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2  Before he could escape from her, the clatter of horses' hoofs told him that they were beyond his reach.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
3  Nevertheless, without openly admitting it, he was devoted to Boxer; the two of them usually spent their Sundays together in the small paddock beyond the orchard, grazing side by side and never speaking.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
4  This single farm of ours would support a dozen horses, twenty cows, hundreds of sheep--and all of them living in a comfort and a dignity that are now almost beyond our imagining.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
5  It was situated somewhere up in the sky, a little distance beyond the clouds, Moses said.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
6  His imagination had now run far beyond chaff-cutters and turnip-slicers.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
7  Only old Benjamin refused to grow enthusiastic about the windmill, though, as usual, he would utter nothing beyond the cryptic remark that donkeys live a long time.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
8  The animals were shocked beyond measure to learn that even Snowball could be guilty of such an action.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
9  The field beyond the orchard had already been sown with barley.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
10  It was a pity that the man who had built Pointz Hall had pitched the house in a hollow, when beyond the flower garden and the vegetables there was this stretch of high ground.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
11  And the tree was beyond the flower; the grass, the flower and the tree were entire.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
12  Each tried to shift an inch or two beyond the inquisitive insulting eye.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
13  "This is beyond me, Poole," said the lawyer.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
14  Upon the reading of this letter, I made sure my colleague was insane; but till that was proved beyond the possibility of doubt, I felt bound to do as he requested.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
15  I say two, because the state of my own knowledge does not pass beyond that point.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Example Sentence: (128 in 9 pages)
16  It is not beyond the bounds of possibility.
17  The problems grew complicated beyond all reason.
18  It is beyond the bounds of human knowledge.
19  She was pushed beyond her powers of endurance.
20  The prosecution has to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he is guilty of murder.
21  Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.
22  A full discussion of that issue is beyond the scope of this book.
23  The ship was buried, beyond retrieval, at the bottom of the sea.
24  He heard the car engine running sweetly beyond the open door.
25  The problem is beyond my comprehension.
26  There are intangible benefits beyond a rise in the share price.
27  I have to tell you that the machine is beyond repair.
28  Our study demonstrates beyond doubt that the play was written by Shakespeare.
29  His behaviour was completely beyond comprehension.
30  The police established his guilt beyond all doubt.