Come-upon Sentence Examples

Though the inhabitants bad been arned by the earlier convulsions of the mountain, so swiftly d destruction come upon them that 18,ooo are said to have St their lives.

This story is about two children who walked through a dangerous forest and come upon a house made of gingerbread.

The hair of their heads was not singed, their cloaks were not harmed, and no smell of fire had come upon them.

The native tombrobbers, well-sinkers, dredgers and the like, however, come upon valuable objects from time to time, which find their way into private collections.

While the mine workings are small the overlying rocks support themselves of and the full pressure does not come upon the mine Caving p i llars.

Arnod (an official of the duchy of Aosta) in 1689 to " re-open " the Col du Geant may be counted as made by a non-native, we do not come upon another case of the kind till the last quarter of the 18th century.

His great treatise, in seven books, Adversus Gentes (or Nationes), on account of which he takes rank as a Christian apologist, appears to have been occasioned by a desire to answer the complaint then brought against the Christians, that the prevalent calamities and disasters were due to their impiety and had come upon men since the establishment of their religion.

In the first book Arnobius carefully discusses this complaint; he shows that the allegation of greater calamities having come upon men since the Christian era is false; and that, even if it were true, it could by no means be attributed to the Christians.

For long periods he was mathematically unproductive, but then sudden inspiration would come upon him and his ideas and theories poured forth far more quickly than he could record them.

The respite of an hour enabled the allies to organize a fierce counter-attack; Ney was checked until the flanking columns of Victor and Reynier could come upon the scene.

But as early as the 7th century we come upon traces of short lays (the so-called cantilenes) which were in the mouths of all and were sung in chorus.

With the close of the second book or the opening of the third we come upon the first traces of the use of later authors.

In the best filters an automatic arrangement for the measurement of the supply to each separate filter, and for the regulation of the quantity within certain limits, is adopted, and the resistance at outflow is so arranged that not more than a certain head of pressure, about 22 ft., can under any circumstances come upon the surface film, while a depth of several feet of water is maintained over the sand.

He wrote to Rome to beg the pope to annul the charter, stating that all his troubles had come upon him in consequence of his dutiful conduct to the Holy See.

Unable in the days of his youth to make Italy French, when age began to come upon him, Francis tried to make France Royalab- Italian.

The stormcloud had come upon them, and in every face the fire which Pierre had watched kindle burned up brightly.

Carry a zip-lock bag or other container so that when you come upon edible berries you'll be ready to transport them back to your house to share with the rest of the family.

When you come upon a graffiti point, you mosey on up and the game will throw certain directions you must perform.

The program includes a nine-week externship providing invaluable field experience preparing students for what's to come upon graduation and job search.

They might not be the easiest to wear or to find, but when you come upon a source that has plenty in stock, you'll love what you find.

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How had Memon come upon the creature?

A single paroxysm of simple ague may come upon the patient in the midst of good health or it may be preceded by some malaise.

Disaster had come upon the north, and the plain of Jezreel saw the total defeat of the king and the rout of his army.