Example sentences of "down upon a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We sat on the hall floor , cross-legged , in our forms , with our form-mistress beside us , so as the Headmistress stood on the platform , she looked down upon a sea of faces , rows and rows of black-stockinged legs , and a long line of mistresses sitting on their chairs . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | What developed was a massacre rather than any battle , as disciplined and prepared thousands bore down upon a scattered , unready and largely leaderless crowd , which could have had no idea that any enemy were on this side of the river . |
| 4 | In the north-west corner , four different birds are nesting in close company — the mute swan regally aloft on its large and bulky nest , looking down upon a coot nesting nearby in lesser estate , with two nests of great crested grebes almost awash amongst the reeds close by . |
| 5 | We were at the rear of a crowd hundreds strong looking down upon a scene of devastation : shanties burnt and smouldering , shanties still burning , pouring forth black smoke . |
| 6 | He shrugged , spreading his arms wide , then threw himself down upon a threadbare chaise-longue , his hands behind his head . |
| 7 | You will soon learn how it behaves in the pan , but if agonising doubts gather as you gaze down upon a yellow heavy flake , pick up a stone and crush the flake . |
| 8 | The engine backs down upon a few trucks , perhaps a single one ; there is a quick manipulation of a coupling stick , and the engine draws off with its insignificant load . |
| 9 | looking in one direction you might imagine yourself in Greenland ; another , and you gazed down upon a nest of' mill chimneys . |
| 10 | The barmaid raised the spatula and brought it down upon a bluebottle . |
| 11 | It could have been a glass put down upon a table . |