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hit upon
1. Rather than employing actors to tell classic tales, to make people laugh, or to inform and to educate, he hit upon the novel idea of making ordinary people the stars of television shows
2. She hit upon me,' I
3. Colling was concerned that the Russian would not be satisfied with their drinking one glass with him, and hit upon the idea of making the man a gift of a bottle of the Countess’ cognac, diverting his attention long enough for them to slip away
4. Finally, in late 1934 a Ponzi scheme was hit upon as a way to increase Treasury revenues without calling it a tax
5. In their confidence the entities hit upon the plan to breed with the daughters of man
6. – until they hit upon an idea
7. While I chew on a piece of potato I suddenly hit upon something again
8. Bright baubles glistened as the sun streaming through the window hit upon them
9. Eventually, they hit upon striking the necks of the bottles against the corner of the bar, which did the trick
10. Team Modi, it appeared, had hit upon another winning formula
11. , 'to that they should hit upon the place')
12. Having hit upon the winning move at length, he couldn’t sleep for long in anticipation
13. ways you have read until now, unfortunately, you will hit upon a few stumbling
14. A sweet fragrant flew past and hit upon a tree that was far away
15. distractions while searching for the Nagas, he had hit upon an ingenious compromise to
16. It was not difficult for them to hit upon interesting topics for conversation during the meal
17. He hit upon the book
18. But the officers of the law never hit upon them
19. What is modern civilization doing; that ancient civilizations have not done? Piling new shit upon old shit
20. In short, his wits being quite gone, he hit upon the strangest notion that ever madman in this world hit upon, and that was that he fancied it was right and requisite, as well for the support of his own honour as for the service of his country, that he should make a knight-errant of himself, roaming the world over in full armour and on horseback in quest of adventures, and putting in practice himself all that he had read of as being the usual practices of knights-errant; righting every kind of wrong, and exposing himself to peril and danger from which, in the issue, he was to reap eternal renown and fame
21. They did so, and he lay sleeping more than three hours, at the end of which he awoke and felt very great bodily relief and so much ease from his bruises that he thought himself quite cured, and verily believed he had hit upon the balsam of Fierabras; and that with this remedy he might thenceforward, without any fear, face any kind of destruction, battle, or combat, however perilous it might be
22. carefully thought over what they should do to carry out their object, the curate hit upon an idea very well adapted to humour Don Quixote, and effect their purpose; and his notion, which he explained to the barber, was that he himself should assume the disguise of a wandering damsel, while the other should try as best he could to pass for a squire, and that they should thus proceed to where Don Quixote was, and he,
23. Cardenio and the curate were watching all this from among some bushes, not knowing how to join company with the others; but the curate, who was very fertile in devices, soon hit upon a way of effecting their purpose, and with a pair of scissors he had in a case he quickly cut off
24. While this was going on, Sancho, perceiving that he could speak to his master without having the curate and the barber, of whom he had his suspicions, present all the time, approached the cage in which Don Quixote was placed, and said, "Senor, to ease my conscience I want to tell you the state of the case as to your enchantment, and that is that these two here, with their faces covered, are the curate of our village and the barber; and I suspect they have hit upon this plan of carrying you off in this fashion, out of pure envy because your worship surpasses them in doing famous deeds; and if this be the truth it follows that you are not enchanted, but hoodwinked and made a fool of
25. "Leave me alone for that," said Sancho; "never fear but I'll hit upon the place it came from somehow
26. "Look here, senor," said Sancho, "don't give yourself any trouble about it, for I have just this minute hit upon what I asked you
27. Alive to all that concerned his interests, he had hit upon this means of turning the show to account; and his idea was succeeding, for he no longer knew which way to turn
28. He thought it over, but could hit upon nothing
29. At last he hit upon Amabilen conjugem calcas**, which was adopted
30. I am of the same village as Don Quixote of La Mancha, whose craze and folly make all of us who know him feel pity for him, and I am one of those who have felt it most; and persuaded that his chance of recovery lay in quiet and keeping at home and in his own house, I hit upon a device for keeping him there
31. After some thought, Ali Cogia hit upon a plan which seemed a safe one
32. "Have you not hit upon any?" asked Danglars
33. The reverend gentleman hit upon yet another means of helping the poor
34. His (Stephen's) mind was not exactly what you would call wandering but a bit unsteady and on his expressed desire for some beverage to drink Mr Bloom in view of the hour it was and there being no pump of Vartry water available for their ablutions let alone drinking purposes hit upon an expedient by suggesting, off the reel, the propriety of the cabman's shelter, as it was called, hardly a stonesthrow away near Butt bridge where they might hit upon some drinkables in the shape of a milk and soda or a mineral
35. But if I have hit upon the true explanation of this one small phenomenon, then in an instant the case rises from the commonplace to the exceedingly remarkable, for it can only mean that Lady Brackenstall and her maid have deliberately lied to us, that not one word of their story is to be believed, that they have some very strong reason for covering the real criminal, and that we must construct our case for ourselves without any help from them
36. This gross breach of hospitality had evidently hit upon his tenderest point
37. Brian Mullaney, by the time he hit upon one of the most radical ideas in the history of philanthropy, had already had a couple of other radical ideas
38. He hit upon astonishing inventions
39. he had hit upon this means of turning the show to account; and his idea was succeeding, for he no longer knew which way to turn
40. So he thought over various plans for relief, and finally hit upon that of professing to be fond of Pain-killer
41. At last they conspired together and hit upon a plan that promised a dazzling victory
42. As wood is extremely dear at D——, he hit upon the idea of having a compartment of boards constructed in the cow-shed
43. names, and hit upon the expedient of applying to the king
44. This was the story that Javert hit upon when he arrived at Montfermeil
45. It was during one of his strolls that he had hit upon the Gorbeau house, and, tempted by its isolation and its cheapness, had taken up his abode there
46. She had, on the first occasion, hit upon the plan of having Marius spied upon by Theodule; now she plotted to have Theodule take Marius' place
47. “Why, only that I have hit upon the splendid notion of sending our young champion on to bring other upstart grandes into line
48. It is true that you have missed everything of importance, but you have hit upon the method, and you have a quick eye for colour
49. And in this connection it is curious to remark that even on this earth Nature has never hit upon the wheel, or has preferred other expedients to its development
50. To save himself, Rostopchin hit upon the idea of throwing a victim to the mob, as to a pack of famished wolves
