Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] upon a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I embarked upon a new draft of the Regulations . |
| 2 | Finally he settled upon a blunt statement of fact . |
| 3 | Eventually we came upon an empty railway shed with a paved road and a line of street lamps along one side . |
| 4 | Now it sat upon a plinth of stone the height of two standing men which was at the concourse of the broad principal streets which radiated out from Kinsai like the spokes of a wheel . |
| 5 | Whilst counselling is n essentially an intellectual process — mostly it depends upon a facility for empathy with a wide range of other human beings — it is nonetheless very demanding in the sheer volume of literature that has to be read and understood . |
| 6 | And then she hit upon a scheme . |
| 7 | Then they came upon a clearing where there was a hut , made of lap-boarding with a verandah , and built up on bricks . |
| 8 | There he entered upon a course of wild living and then , in the providence of God , he was sent to Portadown . |