Sentence examples for a thing upon from inspiring English sources
The lexicographer John Cowell in 1607 gave an example of a negative implying also an affirmative, which I will put in updated English: "As if a man, asked if he did a thing upon such a day, or in such a place, deny that he did it in some specific manner, he implies an admission that nevertheless in some form or other he did it".
Cusack and Driver were a thing once upon a time, and their chemistry remains a joy: not just affectionate and sexy but regenerative, suggestive of all manner of blanks being filled.
Take Damn Daniel (the meme centred around a video of the titular Daniel and his friend's appreciation of his shoes) used to sell Clorox: And Dat Boi, the unicycling frog who made you say "o shit waddup" (this was a thing) seized upon by Nintendo: But with Harambe, you're talking about the death of an animal.
25. "Whether or not you can observe a thing depends upon the theory you use.
In Results and discussion/ Phyletic patterns and architectural contexts of the S-helix/para 4 and elsewhere: what is 'syntactical' – is there such a thing as agreed-upon definition of grammar of protein domains?
Rooney missed three tries, one of which looked like a sure thing upon leaving his foot.
To say that the two men become, in that moment, "more black" is to concede, in one sense, to a racial stereotype — and yet if there is not such a thing as "blackness," upon what does "being black" hinge?
This shows how much importance is placed upon the idea of what accords with one's nature or, in another formulation, "activity which is consequential upon a thing's nature".
The moral of the story: Drug users don't make a thing of something except upon request from the sickie.
Sun-Diamond defined the nexus as follows: "We hold that, in order to establish a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 201(c)(1)(A), the Government must prove a link between a thing of value conferred upon a public official and a specific 'official act' for or because of which it was given".
Hegel allows some instruction in private property and contracts and explains to us how several people looking upon a "thing" as theirs would lead to the clash of one man's right with that of another man [ 4].
