Example sentences of "her eyes [verb] [prep] tears " in BNC.

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1 It just breaks my heart , honey , to think of your poor , dear cousin in such pain , ’ the other woman murmured sympathetically , her eyes glistening with tears as she begged Laura to sit down and make herself comfortable .
2 " There is something the matter with it , " she told her maid , her eyes swimming with tears again .
3 She waited until the governess had hurried from the room , her eyes sparkling with tears .
4 Distress caused her eyes to brim with tears , and , furious with her own weakness , she turned and went to the inner office window , where she stared through a blur at the tree-sheltered chalets .
5 Her eyes filled with tears — whether of shame , frustration , or grief it was difficult to tell .
6 ‘ Pilade is a fine child , ’ Mrs Browning said next , and her eyes filled with tears .
7 Her eyes filled with tears suddenly and she nodded .
8 I bent forward to see if I could recognise him — there was something vaguely familiar about him , the voice perhaps — and then he hit me on the side of my head — ’ Poor Miss Watson faltered and her eyes filled with tears at the memory of that vicious blow .
9 Her eyes filled with tears .
10 Her eyes filled with tears .
11 Doyle grinned at her and she had to turn away because her eyes filled with tears .
12 Her eyes filled with tears .
13 Her eyes filled with tears and she began to cry .
14 As always when she mentioned his name , her eyes filled with tears and she bowed her head , as though steeping herself in memories that were both painful and exquisite .
15 Her eyes filled with tears and she hastily wiped them away .
16 Her eyes filled with tears again , not only for pity at the death of dogs .
17 Her eyes filled with tears , but she made no attempt to blink them away , too caught up in an internal struggle which she knew could determine her life forever after .
18 Her eyes filled with tears .
19 Her eyes filled with tears of pain and shock , but Isabel refused to let them fall .
20 She did n't know why that hurt , but it did and her eyes filled with tears .
21 She gripped Fernando 's hand as suddenly her eyes filled with tears of emotion .
22 Suddenly her eyes filled with tears .
23 Her eyes filled with tears of hope .
24 Suddenly Sophie caught her breath on a sob and her eyes filled with tears .
25 Her eyes fill with tears .
26 She was appalled to feel her eyes fill with tears , blinking them away furiously .
27 Sometimes her eyes fill with tears and Barry slips her hand into his .
28 Ellen implored , her eyes filling with tears .
29 ‘ Chris wants us to break up , ’ she said , her eyes filling with tears .
30 Sarah kissed him and nodded , her eyes filling with tears , more in sympathy with the stricken couples around her than on her own account .
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