Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] upon a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also came upon a mysterious animal I had not seen before : much larger than the herring , redder and infinitely more expensive . |
| 2 | We soon came upon a fascinating group of ancient dwellings , all that remained of the old village where the last inhabitants of Rona lived in primitive conditions and awful isolation until their final evacuation in 1844 . |
| 3 | While ‘ planning ’ in these various guises seemed to find its moment in the Second World War , it also drew upon a long evolution of social and political thought which stretched back to before the Great War . |
| 4 | However , he also relied upon a number of criticisms of the judge 's summing up . |
| 5 | Having attained a First Class degree in History in 1935 , he then determined upon a doctorate , which he completed in 1938 . |