Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] 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 And then she hit upon a scheme .
6 Then they came upon a clearing where there was a hut , made of lap-boarding with a verandah , and built up on bricks .
7 There he entered upon a course of wild living and then , in the providence of God , he was sent to Portadown .
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