1.   She froze for a second, caught by the magnetic intensity of those granite eyes, and beneath her palm she could feel the heavy beat of his heart.

2.   Cars were drawn up close to the court, doors open, pumping out a heavy urban beat into the sultry air.

3.   Down in New Orleans, rapper-mogul Master P turned his No Limit Records into a production powerhouse, groaning and grunting over heavy beats.

4.   Its chief competitive advantage for non-English singing acts is that it is based around a heavy beat rather than words.

5.   Stand-up vocalists belt out Christian music with a heavy beat accompanied by electric guitars and drums.

6.   The shearers enjoy loud music with a heavy beat, perhaps to drown out the interminable drone of the electric shears.