Example sentences of "up in the middle " in BNC.

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31 ‘ Mum said he got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet .
32 We woke up in the middle of the night and , for a few minutes , we knew that love is everything .
33 I remember waking up in the middle of the night with a big smile on my face , feeling really pleased with myself , thinking that I 'd just had a wet dream .
34 Gedanken thought for a minute , then said , ‘ In that case , they should all land up in the middle — of their galaxy .
35 They keep landing up in the middle .
36 If he gets up in the middle of the night to fetch you a glass of water , then he loves you . ’
37 Come up in the middle of it , he has .
38 I woke up in the middle of the night and took all of Jay 's clothes out of the wardrobe .
39 He woke up in the middle of some night with this composed in his head .
40 Five and six in the morning , and you 're always waking up in the middle of the night cos you do n't know , you know , if summat 's happened or summat 's gon na happen .
41 If he turned up in the middle of Stephie 's visit , then tough !
42 It sort of humped up in the middle , sucking water with it , shrugging sprays of water from its wavy edges !
43 Ward glanced in the rear-view mirror , then all round , finally pulling up in the middle of the road .
44 Beautiful cover showing a window opening into the past for this time travel tale about an Oxford student stepping back into the Middle Ages to finish her thesis and ending up in the middle of the plague .
45 He remembered waking up in the middle of the night , and then he remembered Miss Tomm walking into the dormitory and saying that the headmaster wanted to see him and Cartwright saying : " Eee , what 's Fleming done ? "
46 It was remarkable how many eminent names had allowed themselves to be woken up in the middle of the night to talk about him .
47 He had n't expected a trip down to his daughter 's for lunch to end up in the middle of Exmoor .
48 It ca n't have been very convenient for you that time he rang up in the middle of the night drunk after someone else 's party . ’
49 The neighbours would hear the truck draw up in the middle of the night , the rattle of the tail-board , the despairing slurry of the prisoner 's feet on the dirt .
50 Is your memory completely addled , or am I caught up in the middle of a prize piece of double-dealing ? ’
51 Adele was in a similar position to herself — caught up in the middle of a war , alone , and without the protection of close family .
52 Since they had started paying ‘ interest ’ , they no longer woke up in the middle of the night squealing with fright from nightmares .
53 ‘ … so the doctor gave him some pills , ’ Martin said , ‘ and when he woke up in the middle of the night there was a beautiful girl on his bed … diaphanous nightie , trailing blonde hair , the lot … ’
54 ‘ When I wake up in the middle of the night and find a strange man on my boat — ’
55 In the absence of the injured Matt Gallagher , Brian Murray switches to full back with Anthony Molloy and Barry Cunningham teaming up in the middle of the field .
56 The future of Lothar and his supporters was settled when Louis met them at Blois in September : The emperor sat in his pavilion which was set up in the middle of a wide field on a hill where the whole army could see him , and his faithful sons [ Pippin and Louis ] stood beside him .
57 ‘ It is the loneliest thing in the world to wake up in the middle of the night and realize you are one of … them ! ’
58 You do n't often get people ringing up in the middle of the night to say they 've found a body in the bath .
59 He did n't want her cracking up in the middle of the Season .
60 I woke up in the middle of the night to find that I was completely and utterly saturated .
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