Example sentences of "[been] [verb] upon [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Propped up in bed to ease her breathing , her nightcap pulled down over her ears , Aunt Sarah seemed to have shrunk inside the shawls which had been heaped upon her against the chill of the room . |
2 | ‘ Staff numbers had doubled over the previous five to six years and a programme of change had been thrust upon us by the market , ’ explained . |
3 | The visit to the bank by the wife after undue influence had been exercised upon her by the husband was purely a matter of formality of signing the document which had been retained at the bank and which was done without any kind of advice in the presence of a junior member of the staff . |
4 | to the tune of four and a half billion , then look towards the legislation that 's been inflicted upon us by the Conservative government . |
5 | It must be understood that the brewers ' actions have not been forced upon them by the legislation . |
6 | But you would n't have done it quite you would have thought about whether you did it , whereas the moment you 've been forced to do it because of the cuts that have been forced upon us by the Poll Tax capping . |