Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] upon the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned , his eyes resting momentarily upon the dim , grey shape of the funerary couch . |
| 2 | Happily married couples , he thought , stood not face to face , absorbed in each other , but back to back , looking outwards upon the world . |
| 3 | She stands squarely with her hands on her hips the whole time , beaming at Crilly and remarking often upon the colour of the sky . |
| 4 | They hoisted him into his saddle and bound him there , lying forward upon the beast 's neck with his arms lashed about it to hold him secure , and a folded cloak under his breast and cheek . |
| 5 | It seemed to Jehan as he watched Alexei 's face that the offworlder was reflecting inwardly upon the sum of his own knowledge , testing it against his belief in what was recorded in the books controlled by the Sechem . |
| 6 | According to current theories , all of this is entirely predictable , depending solely upon the distance the Earth is from the Sun . |
| 7 | ‘ This ? ’ said Hugh , staring closely upon the stone . |
| 8 | Similarly in Lee v York Coach and Marine [ 1977 ] RTR 35 , the requirement of reasonable durability in the case of a second-hand car was recognised , the court drawing strongly upon the approach of the House of Lords in Lambert v Lewis [ 1982 ] AC 225 . |
| 9 | In these circumstances , he submits , relying principally upon the judgments of Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V.-C. in Derby & Co . |
| 10 | It was falling on every part of the dark , sprawling conurbation , on the concrete motorways , and the treeless industrial estates , falling softly upon the lawns of the University campus and , further westward , upon the dark mutinous waters of the Rummidge-Wallsbury Canal . |
| 11 | If you know that there is no case bearing directly upon the problem , say so . |
| 12 | Li Shai Tung stood , leaning heavily upon the silver-headed cane he had come to use so often these days ; the cane with the dragon 's head Han Ch'in had bought him on his fiftieth birthday . |
| 13 | The force of this moral authority becomes clearer when discussions within the Association touching specifically upon the pedagogic uses of literature and indeed language are considered . |
| 14 | The shame , the guilt , the remorse were weighing heavily upon the parents . |