Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] upon [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bluetits may be famous for having figured out how to remove the silver foil caps from our early morning milk bottles , to find a creamy delight beneath , but I remember watching with amusement as one of our local bluetits swooped down upon a friend 's Mercedes sports car parked in our driveway and perseveringly attempted to remove the central silver disc from the Mercedes logo on the front bonnet . |
| 2 | looking in one direction you might imagine yourself in Greenland ; another , and you gazed down upon a nest of' mill chimneys . |
| 3 | A boom was now built across the River Foyle which connected it , via Lough Foyle , with the open sea , and the 30,000 citizens began a long ordeal by privation and disease , in which many thousands died , while enemy bombs plunged down upon the town . |
| 4 | During most of the 1950s and 1960s UK governments as a whole concentrated predominantly upon the employment objective , with the balance of payments frequently exerting a cons-traint on the achievement of this goal . |
| 5 | I turned away from the window and sank down upon the bed . |
| 6 | Rex took a deep breath , sprang out from hiding and drew down upon the boy in the business suit . |
| 7 | ‘ After a while the sun beat down upon the mist and filled it with light and warmth , and a wind blew and the mist thinned and cleared . |
| 8 | The sun beat down upon the crowd and glittered on the richly embroidered vestments . |
| 9 | This was a prevalent interpretation within the EEC , and one which was reinforced by the tone of the debate in the British House of Commons upon the Stockholm Convention , in which most speakers concentrated more upon the relationship with the EEC than upon the organisation and aims of EFTA . |
| 10 | The educational debate during the years immediately following the war concentrated more upon the nature of secondary schooling than it did upon the primary stage . |
| 11 | David Batty used once upon a time to write an agony column in rec.sport.soccer . |
| 12 | Jung can appear to link quite well with sociology ; indeed , he drew indirectly upon the work of the Durkheim School in developing his understanding of collective symbols . |
| 13 | Thatcherism , like Reaganism , drew heavily upon the work of bright neo-conservatives outraged by the ‘ years of stagnation ’ in the prime ministerships of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan . |
| 14 | They turned into the bottom of High Hill , and began to ascend it , leaning forward against the incline , and against the rain that drove down upon the umbrella . |
| 15 | Right they dried up upon the earth . |
| 16 | In a temple courtyard they came unexpectedly upon a troupe of imperial singers and dancers rehearsing a performance ; garbed in dazzling costumes of gold , red , green and turquoise , the expressionless boys and girls were indistinguishable from one another in their close-fitting bonnets as they performed the mannered steps of a delicate oriental dance to the plaintive . |
| 17 | Above , Yar Tor frowned down upon the intrusion , but the travellers did n't notice . |
| 18 | If one man would pay generously to become Nawab , then so would another , and the attraction of gifts paid out upon a change of ruler led to the deposition of three Nawabs in rapid succession , which reduced the position to one which was obviously that of a puppet of the Company . |
| 19 | This outward aggression , however , if it can not be expressed to the object has to be turned inwards in depression , which is anger turned back upon the person . |
| 20 | ‘ If this matter rested solely upon the question of the best interests of the children I should have no doubt whatever that their welfare would be better served by their remaining in England in order that their future be determined by the High Court here . |
| 21 | Behind it lay two political motives : first , to see the Plan as the first step towards an effective political integration , and second the political conviction that stability and union within Western Europe rested ultimately upon a rapprochement between France and West Germany . |
| 22 | The various regional associations which were formed at various times in Eastern and Western Europe , in Africa , in the Middle East or in Latin America , rested either upon the predominance of one nation state over others in the region , or upon a limited agreement about a framework within which national economic interests could be more effectively pursued ; and they all showed themselves largely incapable of controlling the vigorous expression of such interests in periods of crisis . |
| 23 | The event was significant , for it followed hard upon the death in April of King John II in England , where he was still a prisoner . |
| 24 | Another sporting triumph followed hard upon the conquest of Everest and gave added reassurance to the nation , especially those steeped in the amateur spirit for whom the demolition of English professional football by Puskas and the Hungarians was not a matter for much regret . |
| 25 | As a result , he gave up any further pretense of restoring constitutional democracy and relied instead upon the enactment of a ‘ direct democracy ’ between himself and ’ the people ’ . |
| 26 | It has been calculated that while Stapledon spent just under half his time before the 1320s in his diocese , once he became treasurer barely a tenth of his time was passed at Exeter ; he relied instead upon the machinery of deputies to maintain his authority and execute his wishes there . |
| 27 | Before 1322 , however , because of his often fraught relations with the magnates , Edward relied heavily upon the church for essential funds . |
| 28 | When committing himself enthusiastically to an undeniably outrageous tactic , this brave and noble warrior not only left his mark on the opposition but touched significantly upon a dilemma that threatens to develop into an insurmountable and perhaps crucifying problem for Bobby Robson , the temporarily reprieved England manager . |
| 29 | Cornelius drew the curtains and gazed out upon the day . |
| 30 | It moved from being a component in the domestic strategy for the conquest of power to the key element in the overthrow of world capitalism , founded now upon an alliance of European workers and the nationalist movements of Asia . |