Example sentences of "with tears in [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they sang the old hymns with tears in their eyes and an ache of pride in their hearts . |
| 2 | It was a moving song , and I could see people with tears in their eyes , but I kept wondering why I could n't feel anything . |
| 3 | The doctors read these thankyou notes with tears in their eyes , especially when gratitude is expressed in a childish hand . |
| 4 | ‘ She has been the target of such spite that it disgraces those who offer it , and she bears it with a dignity that makes me proud , ’ he said as Mrs Kinnock stood behind him , smiling but with tears in her eyes . |
| 5 | Since she 's gone there 's been a gap … it made my life better , because — she had a garden I could use … and it was like a job — I felt I was led to do that job … and she used to be so pleased to see me , she used to almost embrace me with tears in her eyes . |
| 6 | Mary Ann was blind during the last few years of her life , and it had the quite understandable effect of making her very emotional ; she only had one set of grandchildren , and she made such a fuss of them : ‘ My Siddy ’ , she would say , as she stroked her young grandson 's cheek with tears in her eyes . |
| 7 | ‘ Thank you , mother , ’ replied Mary with tears in her eyes . |
| 8 | Claire Fraser now , over twenty years later , sitting on the log seat with tears in her eyes . |
| 9 | It clearly worked for my Russian neighbour , who turned to me with tears in her eyes after the chorus 's outfront plea at the end of the Streltsy scene and said , ‘ this is about us , now ’ . |
| 10 | It was a question of whether to turn away with tears in her eyes , admitting failure , or giving Amsterdam a taste of her temper . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sorry too , ’ she replied with tears in her eyes . |
| 12 | From an upstairs window , Rose watched him leave with tears in her eyes . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ she said , with tears in her eyes . |
| 14 | He was only two summers older than me , ’ Madra said with tears in her voice . |
| 15 | Fran stared after him with tears in her eyes and an ache in her heart . |
| 16 | ‘ I blame the drugs , ’ said Gabriel with tears in her eyes . |
| 17 | It was the only time I can ever remember seeing him with tears in his eyes . |
| 18 | Then he looked up quite suddenly with tears in his eyes . |
| 19 | Tom put his arm on my shoulder and said , with tears in his eyes , ‘ There 's one man I 'd dearly love to be in that stand — my daddy . ’ |
| 20 | Once he stood , a cooking pan in one hand , with tears in his eyes over the sadness of Byron 's life . |
| 21 | Mr T is a tall , distinguished looking man , who , with tears in his eyes , told the same story — at least in the beginning . |
| 22 | He spoke movingly of his time in the trenches in the First War and of how a whole generation , many of them his friends , had been wiped out , of the effect that the unemployment of the 1930s had on his political thinking , of how being Prime Minister was less demanding than being an ordinary Minister , of ( and this with tears in his eyes ) his devotion to his late wife , who had fallen dead of a heart attack close to where we were sitting , of his belief in God . |
| 23 | Mozart said goodbye with tears in his eyes , saying , ‘ I fear that this is the last time we shall ever see each other . ’ |
| 24 | And yet , he told Vaughan , with tears in his eyes , |
| 25 | John came home from school one day with tears in his eyes . |
| 26 | He clung to the thought until , reluctant , and with tears in his eyes , it was time to draw away from his love . |
| 27 | Churchill , who at first thought it was the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster which was the proposition and for which he would happily have settled , accepted the greater post with tears in his eyes and an expression of grateful loyalty . |
| 28 | The very day we got here he cornered her in the scullery and embraced her with tears in his eyes , saying adorada , adorada . |
| 29 | To which one general , later killed , stood up , saluted the Shah , and , with tears in his eyes , said , " Majesty , the soldiers do nothing . |
| 30 | I can not make myself write down the things that Jekyll , with tears in his eyes , confessed to me that night . |