Example sentences of "come to [pos pn] eyes " in BNC.
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| 1 | I read it every time I wanted to think of home — the tears used to come to my eyes . ’ |
| 2 | Trying to keep her voice calm , and almost choking on the tears of guilt that had come to her eyes the moment she heard her aunt speak , Constance said , ‘ Oh , Aunt Louise , I 've met a boy … no , not really a boy … a young man ’ — and she began to sob . |
| 3 | And a little water come to his eyes . ’ |
| 4 | Tears came to her eyes and , as she entered the kitchen , she stumbled a little . |
| 5 | As she listened to the sweet voices of the children coming from the church , and thought of the pain she had experienced in her short life , tears came to her eyes . |
| 6 | And she laughed until tears came to her eyes . |
| 7 | She found it hard to believe that such a thing had happened , and tears came to her eyes . |
| 8 | Tears came to her eyes . |
| 9 | She suddenly put her face in her hands as the tears came to her eyes again . |
| 10 | " Thank you , Hari , " said the Collector , and tears came to his eyes , causing the right one to throb more painfully than ever . |
| 11 | But Ven , she discovered , was not prepared to let her off the hook , and , ‘ Why … ’ he began to challenge , ‘ … when you 're honest , I know it , yet have begun on a path of deception to one particular end — why , when it 's so important to your sister whom — you love … ’ an alert look suddenly came to his eyes , and he broke off for a brief moment before continuing , his serious dark eyes holding hers ‘ … a sister whom you 'd do anything for , as you proved when you left England and came here — why are you ready to leave now , without another thought ? ’ |
| 12 | Tears came to my eyes as I thought that this was my and Miss Louise 's fault . |
| 13 | I was so offended by her behaviour towards me that tears came to my eyes . |
| 14 | I was so hurt by her amazement that tears came to my eyes . |
| 15 | Tears came to my eyes and to Bruno 's , but my mother put on a brave face . |
| 16 | Tears came to my eyes — truly surprising me . |
| 17 | And when she had helped Carole to put Emma and Sophie to bed she had n't been able to prevent tears coming to her eyes while she had listened to them solemnly saying their prayers . |
| 18 | Tucking the little girls up under their light sheets , she could n't prevent tears from coming to her eyes when one of the children placed her thin arms around her neck . |
| 19 | The death of Socrates in Plato 's Phaedo is one of the most inspiring stories , and the scholar Scaliger could never read it without tears coming to his eyes . |
| 20 | Tears would come to his eyes at the bounty of the poor . |
| 21 | A love song on the crackly Holiday Inn radio which the maid always switches on as her final flourish after she 's done the room ( Hugo and I go down to the pool and swim and use the sauna while we wait for her to finish ) or a pop song on the telly as Hugo and I eat our continental breakfast ( orange juice , coffee , a croissant and a Danish each ) , too languid even to stretch out for the remote control and switch it off — will make tears come to my eyes : move me with the desire to say , You do love me , do n't you ! |
| 22 | Bridhe stood still , afraid to move , half-certain that the girl was about to harm the baby ; but when she saw Luch lay the little boy back in his cradle and tuck the coverlet round him , rock him for a moment , and then turn lovingly to pick up her own child again , the old lady felt tears come to her eyes . |
| 23 | The schemata are gardens of meditation and when I think of poetry , I am taken to the far country of Li Po , and then I see Thoreau and Jnandas and Rumi and a hundred poets ; their images throng my mind and I am moved and tears come to my eyes . |
| 24 | Tears come to my eyes when I sing songs about saying goodbye , or faithless lovers , or anything like that . |
| 25 | Tears come to your eyes |