Example sentences of "be [adv] upon " in BNC.

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1 Silas was kneeling beside her in an instant , his face pale as he muttered huskily , ‘ Damned rabbits — they wait till you 're almost upon them .
2 Whenever I motor past , I imagine what a joy it must have been once upon a time to see him in action around the commons and village greens , stroking that famous beard and then scattering the pony and traps with his magnificent blows .
3 In 1963 , Leavis published an essay called ‘ Research in English ’ , attacking what he called ‘ a menacing academicism against which we have to be militantly upon our guard — a form of academicism institutionally established in America , and one the tendency towards which in this country — the developments of civilization favouring it — is much strengthened by American influence …
4 Disturbed , Isa proposed Wilson and Pilade should come with her up to Bellosguardo for the afternoon and , since no protest was made , she hustled the two of them into her waiting carriage and whisked them off at once , leaving Maria with instructions to be there upon their return .
5 In essence , though , ‘ all political effects are initially upon individuals .
6 We knew you were somewhere upon the Aletschhorn , but not exactly where .
7 But the Myrcans were already upon them .
8 Use of the word in the plural is utterly uncharacteristic of pre-conciliar Roman theology , stress being always upon the unity and singleness of the Catholic and Roman Church .
9 Early workings were always upon these outcrops , yet despite their equipment and methods ( all very labour intensive ) the " old men " sank up to 200 ft. on the Bonsor Vein prior to the Civil War , and drove into it at least two long adits or " stollen(s) " in hard rock without the aid of explosives .
10 Its wines were once upon a time combined in the vat with those of Verzenay and it is from the reputation of that great village that Beaumont-sur-Vesle has wrested its misplaced status .
11 Her hands were still upon him .
12 It was so well hidden by forest , however , that they were almost upon it before she really had the chance to look .
13 It is only upon reflection that the latent expressive paradoxes became obvious , such is the potency of Glebov 's compositional sleight of hand .
14 That we do not treat animals with at least the same respect that we treat such unfortunate human creatures is seen by the liberationists as ‘ speciesism ’ in its purest form based as it is only upon the anatomical difference .
15 Here , the focus is only upon the people , however , and the three sub-components identified in this chapter-social relations in the workplace ; social relations in civil society ; and political institutions in each .
16 Thus although possibly it may amount to a transfer of value it could not amount to a chargeable transfer and it is only upon chargeable transfers that inheritance tax is payable .
17 In both instances , the focus of attention is entirely upon the actions of the defendant .
18 September is just upon us. but in Derry they 're already working hard towards this year 's Octoberfest .
19 One example is the combination of a rural petty-bourgeois ancestry and the children of those parents , who live a very different life in a future which is already upon us , as in the two novels already discussed and , to some extent , in Marco Lodoli 's Diario di un millennio che fugge ( Diary of a millennium in flight , 1986 ) ; the protagonists of these fictions seem to belong neither to the past nor to the future , but to be caught in between , in some time-slip between the nineteenth and the twenty-first centuries .
20 Hailes thinks the revolution is already upon us .
21 The sickness of morning is already upon us , unaccustomed as we are to being up so early .
22 The emphasis is still upon the individual offender , not the crime .
23 In some unions the emphasis is more upon representing aspirations of the working class as a whole rather than functioning as collective bargaining agencies merely for their own members .
24 In other places , the stress is more upon England .
25 The focus here is more upon the literary work itself and the " experience " of the writer which is invested in it , and " art " in this case is that which is manifested in unique and harmonious literary works , a harmonious fusion of diverse influences . "
26 The hare crouches low on the ground and remains absolutely still until the predator is nearly upon it .
27 Well fellow supporters the season is nearly upon us and hopefully it will bear fruit .
28 THE Great North Run is nearly upon us , and I am writing to ask for help in finding a runner who is prepared to run for DIAL UK , the National Association of Information and Advice Lines .
29 That time is now upon us .
30 Implementation of the Community Care Act is now upon us , yet many organisations have not really begun to explain to potential clients and stakeholders in the wider community exactly what care management is , who care managers are , what they will do , and what a care package can include .
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