Example sentences of "[conj] there were [noun] in [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was smiling , although there were tears in her grey eyes . |
| 2 | What Hollywood had been doing was living off its wits and trying to survive as best it could but it now responded to this challenge not necessarily by taking Dr Dale 's ‘ entire world ’ as its range but at least by ensuring that there were values in its films . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I 'm avoiding Broad Street because of the cranes , ’ Meg replied , and Lee saw that there were tears in her eyes . |
| 4 | Anne looked at me and I could see , even in the state I was in , that there were tears in her eyes . |
| 5 | I had not realized until then that there were tears in my eyes . |
| 6 | There was no denying the fact that there were gaps in her memory because of the drugs . |
| 7 | Mr Ian Karsten , for the board , told a Bristol University appeal committee hearing that there were passages in his script which were ‘ bizarre and remarkable and which require explanation ’ . |
| 8 | Miss Phoebe 's pitted cheeks were quite pink and there were tears in her eyes . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , ’ she said , ‘ I see that for all your fine words you are much like the rest , ’ and there were tears in her eyes when she turned away from him . |
| 10 | They stung , as they were meant to , and there were tears in her eyes when he roughly turned her over . |
| 11 | She was snorting gently , small guttural sounds as if there were phlegm in her throat . |
| 12 | But there were tears in her eyes . |
| 13 | But there were tears in his eyes too . |
| 14 | But there were hollows in her cheeks and she was too thin for beauty . |
| 15 | Leith shot a glance at Naylor , seated next to her , who was n't even a tinge pink around the ears at his aunt 's revealing what , since there were others in her particular line who were far more senior , must surely be a lie . |