Example sentences of "woke up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The societies woke up to the threat and realised that the public was no longer naturally coming to them for mortgages . |
| 2 | On Wednesday David Howell , the Energy Secretary , was forced to withdraw the threat of pit closures and on Thursday we woke up to a dreadful press accusing us of ignominious surrender . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | We woke up to yet another fine day for the last round . |
| 6 | But when parliament woke up to the electronic age and first allowed its proceedings to be broadcast in 1978 , nobody was sure whether those broadcasts were also privileged . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | On Easter Monday 1972 , I woke up to a new view of the world . |
| 9 | It 's about time the music press woke up to the fact that rave is the new heavy metal , sucking innocents in and destroying their musical tastebuds . |
| 10 | He woke up to the nauseating smell of burning skin and a roaring sound . |
| 11 | The period of calm after the year-end 1992 figures were out of the way and digested ended with a bang this week as Wall Street woke up to what we have been flagging over the past month — that estimates for IBM Corp 's first quarter performance were far too high , and that virtually no business was being done . |
| 12 | Wall Street yesterday finally woke up to what we have been saying since January — that IBM Corp sets its dividend for one quarter at a time , and that there is no guarantee that the level declared for fourth quarter 1992 will be maintained quarterly this year : market dealers in Europe say a rumour surfaced here yesterday morning that another cut may be coming . |
| 13 | While in the 1970s Turkish law prevented any art or antiquities from leaving the country , for whatever reason , in the 1980s the Turkish government woke up to the prestige and international recognition that could accrue from sending travelling exhibitions abroad . |
| 14 | You woke up to the figure in the dress with the head of the wolf . |
| 15 | ‘ You woke up to yourself . ’ |
| 16 | It was sweet dreams all round but they went to sleep far too early — and woke up to the reality of elimination . |
| 17 | ROBIN Smith 's majestic 167 not out won all the plaudits at Edgbaston yesterday but today England 's cricketers woke up to the same old problems . |
| 18 | It was nearly dark when I woke up to the sound of Marcus calling me . |
| 19 | That 's when I woke up to the fact that there was something very wrong with the relationship , and very wrong with my life … ’ |