Example sentences of "[noun] be upon " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had not the echo of my prayer been upon me still , I should not have been ready . |
| 2 | What times are upon us ! ’ |
| 3 | All eyes are upon her , apparently , when they are not cooing over her daughter . |
| 4 | Some had time to grab weapons before the intruders were upon them . |
| 5 | Before William 's men could reload , or fix their old-fashioned plug-in bayonets , the enemy were upon them , fearsome in their kilts and ferociously wielding the dirks , claymores and broadswords that had always been the clansmen 's favoured weapons . |
| 6 | In recent days , he wrote , perhaps because Spring is upon us , I have been putting in the hours but the intensity has gone . |
| 7 | The time of Caravaggio is upon us . |
| 8 | The whole question of the burden of proof was nicely summed up in the Esso case by Lord Hodson where he said : It has been authoritatively said that the onus of establishing that an agreement is reasonable as between the parties is upon the person who puts forward the agreement , while the onus of establishing that it is contrary to the public interest , being reasonable between the parties , is on the person so alleging … |
| 9 | The final focus of revisionist research is upon the sequel to October . |
| 10 | The ore is waiting in the tubs , the snow 's upon the Fell , |
| 11 | The Enemy is upon us and we have no time to organise ourselves into battalions and ordered companies . |
| 12 | This will particularly be the case when the adverse effect is upon the livelihood or the ability to earn of the second person or body . |
| 13 | And thought : As the clear light is upon the holy |
| 14 | The major focus at all times within the Review is upon the completion of the historical map of English literature , thereby conserving and protecting its professional plenitude . |
| 15 | One example of access to certain parts of the British census of 1971 ( Schürer 1993 ) is a reminder of what can happen in the most favourable environments , whilst the account of the situation of Soviet and Russian data indicates how dependent electronic data is upon organizational structures ( Moiseenko 1993 ) . |
| 16 | For some reason he had fallen , and his phantom assailant was upon him , but again the blows had no effect . |
| 17 | The main emphasis of the classical writers on organisations that we examined in the previous chapter was upon the formal characteristics of organisations , particularly in terms of organisational structure . |
| 18 | Its most immediate effect was upon unseen chemical happenings inside cells . |
| 19 | By now the soggy British spring was upon us . |
| 20 | Sadly , all too soon , Friday was upon us and it was time to return home , renewed and refreshed . |
| 21 | He stepped back at once , and the sweat of fear was upon his pale face . |
| 22 | Well , the result of his way of living was upon them today . |
| 23 | Maggie had forgotten that , Ana being blind , her hearing was acute , and the horse was upon them before she realised it . |
| 24 | Everyone who comes here at once delights in the surroundings , and yet when those periods were upon me , nothing could brighten my day nor lift the gloom . |
| 25 | My brother Emanuel and myself going into God 's Gift Mine with the Commissioners Mr. Robert and Mr. George Bowes with others coming up the ladders from the level , it pleased God that the ladders slipt from their hold being upon them Mr. George Bowes , his man Turn , my brother Emanuel , Mr. Robert Bowes , Martin Moser and myself . |
| 26 | The marks of their campaign were upon them all , in the dulling of their armour and the soiling of their harness , in their stooped crests , and most of all in their fixed and frosty faces , the chagrin of paladins repulsed without a blow , out-ridden , out-manoeuvred , outdone in every way , and no remedy in gallantry . |
| 27 | Peace be upon Israel . |
| 28 | Jesus ( Peace be upon him ) |
| 29 | Krishna ( Peace be upon him ) |
| 30 | Mohammed ( Peace be upon him ) |