Example sentences of "there were [noun] in [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They stung , as they were meant to , and there were tears in her eyes when he roughly turned her over . |
| 32 | There were tears in his eyes when he crouched to gather up the debris , scooping it into a pile with both hands while Sweetheart roared with laughter . |
| 33 | When I looked at him , there were tears in his eyes , and he said , ‘ It 's not us who 'll have the problem , Mum . |
| 34 | Now , as the train swayed up the coast , there were tears in his own eyes too . |
| 35 | But there were tears in his eyes too . |
| 36 | ‘ There were tears in his eyes and he could n't really speak . |
| 37 | There were tears in his eyes . |
| 38 | There were tears in his eyes . |
| 39 | There were tears in his eyes . |
| 40 | The boy was shaking , and when he looked up at Rory there were tears in his eyes . |
| 41 | When he looked up there were tears in his eyes . |
| 42 | And when he moved back , there were tears in his eyes , real grief in his expression . |
| 43 | There were tears in his eyes . |
| 44 | ’ There were tears in his eyes , and he did not look away . |
| 45 | There were tears in his eyes as he turned his face to Tallis . |
| 46 | I had not realized until then that there were tears in my eyes . |
| 47 | ‘ There were tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat , ’ she said later . |
| 48 | ‘ There were tears in your mother 's eyes this morning . |
| 49 | There were inconsistencies in their views , the students having inherited some of the contradictions of the past . |
| 50 | There were flowers in her hair , which made her look quite good . |
| 51 | There were pains in her back , her right arm had gone to sleep , she was stiff , he was n't stiff . |
| 52 | She was snorting gently , small guttural sounds as if there were phlegm in her throat . |
| 53 | But there were hollows in her cheeks and she was too thin for beauty . |