Example sentences of "with tears [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saw his face in everyone , went to sleep with thoughts of him in her mind , dreamed of him and awoke with tears on her cheeks . |
| 2 | On the platform he Lenin had been confronted by men come back from prison or exile , who greeted him with tears on their cheeks … |
| 3 | She said where 's that fucking Tara she gone for a fucking blow again and they 're all laughing and she said what are you fucking bastards laughing at and there 's Tara there with tears down her face Tara tried to tell her she fell off the chair well that was it . |
| 4 | Me mother gets up at five o'clock with tears upon her cheeks , |
| 5 | So they sang the old hymns with tears in their eyes and an ache of pride in their hearts . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The doctors read these thankyou notes with tears in their eyes , especially when gratitude is expressed in a childish hand . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Thank you , mother , ’ replied Mary with tears in her eyes . |
| 12 | Claire Fraser now , over twenty years later , sitting on the log seat with tears in her eyes . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | It was a question of whether to turn away with tears in her eyes , admitting failure , or giving Amsterdam a taste of her temper . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm sorry too , ’ she replied with tears in her eyes . |
| 16 | From an upstairs window , Rose watched him leave with tears in her eyes . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ she said , with tears in her eyes . |
| 18 | He was only two summers older than me , ’ Madra said with tears in her voice . |
| 19 | Fran stared after him with tears in her eyes and an ache in her heart . |
| 20 | ‘ I blame the drugs , ’ said Gabriel with tears in her eyes . |
| 21 | It was the only time I can ever remember seeing him with tears in his eyes . |
| 22 | Then he looked up quite suddenly with tears in his eyes . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | Once he stood , a cooking pan in one hand , with tears in his eyes over the sadness of Byron 's life . |
| 25 | Mr T is a tall , distinguished looking man , who , with tears in his eyes , told the same story — at least in the beginning . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Mozart said goodbye with tears in his eyes , saying , ‘ I fear that this is the last time we shall ever see each other . ’ |
| 28 | And yet , he told Vaughan , with tears in his eyes , |
| 29 | John came home from school one day with tears in his eyes . |
| 30 | He clung to the thought until , reluctant , and with tears in his eyes , it was time to draw away from his love . |