Example sentences of "[pron] woke up to the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I was dismayed when I woke up to the fact that the plan was not to wait or extend the building but to send twenty people and their children away to start another church .
2 That 's when I woke up to the fact that there was something very wrong with the relationship , and very wrong with my life … ’
3 The morning I was due to leave — the day Chernenko died — I woke up to the sound of Russian troops singing marching songs from the nearby barracks .
4 It was nearly dark when I woke up to the sound of Marcus calling me .
5 You woke up to the figure in the dress with the head of the wolf .
6 By the time they woke up to the fact that many people would be only 2p a week better off , Smith had gained the headlines with the claim that eight out of 10 families gained .
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