Example sentences of "upon [art] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Upon the first point I can not feel any doubt .
2 The aged , respectable leather-bound tomes of the Gould family library look down upon the nasty tale I have to tell with musty distaste .
3 As the selection process hinged upon the spoken word I knew she 'd be chosen .
4 The time you have to carry this out naturally depends upon the actual load you put on the batteries , that is , how much gear you have hanging off it and the total power consumption of this hardware .
5 Many a time he commented upon the mental rapport he found with his most intelligent animals .
6 As you retire to your beds at dusk on the eve of Hallowe'en , perhaps you might ponder upon the exciting evening you could have been enjoying and resolve to end this ridiculous feud at last . ’
7 Li Shai Tung stood , leaning heavily upon the silver-headed cane he had come to use so often these days ; the cane with the dragon 's head Han Ch'in had bought him on his fiftieth birthday .
8 I also came upon a mysterious animal I had not seen before : much larger than the herring , redder and infinitely more expensive .
9 BELVILLE : If I be set upon a wrong thing you must not dispute with me but do it and expostulate afterwards .
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