Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] upon " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Hugh 's men had lifted Aldhelm 's body on to the litter , and set off down the path with it towards the Foregate , Tutilo fell in behind the sorry little procession like a mourner , and went silently step for step with them , his eyes still upon the shrouded body . |
| 2 | Where he had been standing had been a turning point for cars once upon a time — when there were still cars in the world — but this had never been a place for modern things . |
| 3 | They turned to the subject of Christmas and the festivities nearly upon them . |
| 4 | And Cadfael , who had opened his mouth to continue the story where this miserable avenger had left it , as quickly closed his lips again upon silence . |
| 5 | A Sacred Heart of pink and maroon stands serenely upon one wall , reflected in a small square of mirror upon the other wall . |
| 6 | The years following upon the Plowden Report were ones in which primary practice was subject to intense and continued re-evaluation . |
| 7 | ‘ The Glynns were farmers once upon a time . |
| 8 | Conformity to rules relies primarily upon compliance , upon a willingness to work within a regulated framework which Etzioni has suggested rests either upon acceptance of a ‘ utilitarian ’ financial bargain or upon a ‘ normative ’ commitment . |
| 9 | ‘ And fell trees accidentally upon it ! ’ he broke in . |
| 10 | Others brought to light with more care slim , dark bottles of wine with the dust and cobwebs thick upon them . |
| 11 | And a cassowary 's wing-bone through the nose of a handsome young fellow was a fine attraction for the girls once upon a time ! " |
| 12 | Well , with the Easter holidays now upon us our feathered friends in the countryside have decided to make their seasonal contribution . |
| 13 | Business letters and enquiries for the attention of the management or various departments should be date stamped , sorted and distributed to the appropriate departments immediately upon arrival . |
| 14 | If Venette attacked the soldiers , Page did not , perhaps because the man in charge of the operation was his own king who put the blame for the fate of the civilians firmly upon the shoulders of the French . |
| 15 | In developing countries , where family planning is rarely practised prior to birth of the first child , the timing of first union bears directly upon fertility patterns , including the age at which the woman gives birth to her first child , often also the nature and pattern of subsequent reproductive events , as well as completed family size . |
| 16 | As the law presently stands , it is open for a settlor to transfer assets overseas upon an accumulation trust for the benefit of his children without there being any UK tax liability on the income as it arises overseas . |
| 17 | Early botanists had based their accounts either upon brief visits or else upon information or specimens provided by others . |
| 18 | This is a book much to be admired ; it contains exactly the sort of information I would have divulged to my own foundation students once upon a sketchbook project . |
| 19 | He added : ‘ We are ready to start services immediately upon receipt of government approval . ’ |
| 20 | Perhaps objects like these had been fashionable in churches once upon a time , but no longer , hence the attic . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , as elsewhere in the tenth and eleventh centuries , the Russians followed Byzantine building methods closely in , for example , laying the tiled roofs directly upon the vaults . |