Sentence examples for had sat up from inspiring English sources

He had sat up again when a man in a cowboy hat named Carlos Arredondo came bounding toward him.

A rabbit closer to the gate had sat up at my arrival, jaws still working mechanically with its last mouthful.

A source for each news outlet claims the ex-athlete had sat up in bed and spoken with his estranged wife.

The ball had sat up for Williams to put away and with Garcia sitting there helplessly and the court wide open, the ball was sent around six feet past the baseline.

He rustled in his chair, and now I saw why he had sat up: he suddenly became a stiff, living pillar, his hands held before him, palms up — a man holding his peace in the middle of banter flying around the dinner table.

There is still a pigpen in my barn, and it recalled to my mind certain delicious nights when I had sat up with a sow, receiving each tiny pig as it came slithering into the lantern gleam and placing it in a fairly sterile whiskey carton until such time as its mother was ready to receive it.

I suspect many readers will have sat up with surprise on hearing the election result.

"English" departments across the world might have sat up to take note.

Rivals may have sat up and taken notice but most probably thought, 'Fabulous publicity.

North of the Border, however, in the last 24 hours, the public have sat up and taken notice.

Kittel broke in the final few metres to pip Andre Greipel over the line, while Cavendish crossed in third having sat up in the final few metres.