Example sentences of "tears [verb] to [pos pn] eyes " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the way home , she practised the words she would speak to Craig Grenfell , she must tell him to leave , to find another place to stay but the feeling of emptiness that swept over her whenever she thought of saying goodbye to him brought tears brimming to her eyes . |
| 2 | Tears came to her eyes and , as she entered the kitchen , she stumbled a little . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And she laughed until tears came to her eyes . |
| 5 | She found it hard to believe that such a thing had happened , and tears came to her eyes . |
| 6 | Tears came to her eyes . |
| 7 | She suddenly put her face in her hands as the tears came to her eyes again . |
| 8 | " Thank you , Hari , " said the Collector , and tears came to his eyes , causing the right one to throb more painfully than ever . |
| 9 | Tears came to my eyes as I thought that this was my and Miss Louise 's fault . |
| 10 | I was so offended by her behaviour towards me that tears came to my eyes . |
| 11 | I was so hurt by her amazement that tears came to my eyes . |
| 12 | Tears came to my eyes and to Bruno 's , but my mother put on a brave face . |
| 13 | Tears came to my eyes — truly surprising me . |
| 14 | Tears sprang to her eyes . |
| 15 | Tears sprang to her eyes — tears of despair and frustration . |
| 16 | She was trembling , hot tears sprang to her eyes , she wanted to cover her face with her hands , but did not dare attempt such a defending gesture for it would have seemed a patent provocation ; besides she knew how to stand in the face of anger . |
| 17 | Tears sprang to her eyes then . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , Ven ! ’ she cried , as tears sprang to her eyes . |
| 19 | Suddenly his face crumpled and tears sprang to his eyes . |
| 20 | Leopold was sitting only two boxes away from the beautiful Princess of Wurttemburg , and he confessed he was so moved by the magical instrumental interplay that , for ‘ sheer delight ’ , tears sprang to his eyes . |
| 21 | She jumped up and seized his arm , tears starting to her eyes . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | She poured us both a generous tot , and drank hers rather faster than liqueurs are normally drunk , then gasped and blinked as sudden tears started to her eyes . |
| 25 | Tears springing to her eyes , she pushed her chair back , rose , and ran out of the dining room . |
| 26 | Lucy Templeton groaned aloud , tears springing to her eyes . |
| 27 | 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 ! |
| 28 | Tam 's face fell and Lan felt tears start to her eyes again , but Kim received the news without showing any visible sign of emotion . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Tears come to your eyes |