Sentence examples for time to sit up from inspiring English sources

No one had time to sit up.

When international concern is expressed at this level, it's really time to sit up and take notice".

I bring it up because when she takes a detour into, say, "Hamlet," it's time not to groan but time to sit up.

Carrigan had time to sit up, adjust her shirt and raise her arms in triumph before crossing the line, smiling like a cat that had eaten the canary.

So when Greece's motorcycling former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis warns that Europe could be falling into "a modern 1930s", it is time to sit up, listen – and prepare.

WIMBLEDON, England — When tennis coach Nick Bollettieri looks you in the eye and tells you that Novak Djokovic is probably the most complete player in the history of tennis, it's time to sit up and listen.

His abdominal muscles weakened, and the first time he tried to sit up it was too painful and difficult.

At other times, he is encouraged to sit up and talk – about personal issues, psychotherapy, his constant need to be busy.

It's out of the question that I would let someone down on their big day, so there have been times I've had to sit up all night working.

By this time, the mainstream media had begun to sit up and take a closer interest in disability benefits.

I was allowed to sit up three times a day.