Example sentences of "[verb] tears [prep] [pos pn] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This local Swaggart , who has tears in his eyes as he preaches the gospel , is tormented by the rows of large , bobbing girls in front of him as they sing the bouncy gospel renditions of traditional hymns . |
| 2 | He thought he understood now why he had seen tears on her cheeks . |
| 3 | That was the only time Patrick had seen tears in her eyes , when the vicar had said a prayer ‘ for those whom we love but see no longer ’ . |
| 4 | It 's ridiculous , she thought angrily ; he can bring tears to my eyes just by making me remember the simple things , like the way he reached out and unlocked the seatbelt for me — he 'd done it with one fluid gesture , no fumbling with it — how he had flung his jacket on to the back seat with the same faultless grace , how he 'd sauntered round the back of the car with a bemused smile when he 'd winkled it into a tight spot . |
| 5 | said down the corridor he walked in his full uniform , the first morning say and that memory son will always stick ya , cos when I give her over that picture of the twins at Christmas , she , she looked up , she sort of looked up at me , she said I 've got tears in my eyes have n't I , and I looked and like I was choked as well and I , she sort of , I said yeah you are and she said , every time I look at them it brings back those memories the first memories of this little boy |
| 6 | Many people were said to have had tears in their eyes at hearing the Führer 's voice again . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm a pretty tough sort of bloke — you have to be to run a pub , ’ John said , ‘ but I 've had tears in my eyes today . ’ |
| 8 | Willie has had tears in his eyes at Trevino 's performances just once , he maintains : when Lee put his ball out-of-bounds at Wentworth after fighting back to catch Nicklaus in a World Matchplay in the 1970s . |
| 9 | He saw an awed and grateful Mandru , wiping tears from his eyes after Lucien had completed a performance . |
| 10 | The punchline actually brought tears to her eyes and caused Isa Peebles to laugh so hard she almost fell off her stool . |
| 11 | A fire brigade spokesman said last night : ‘ It 's a serious matter — but it must have brought tears to her eyes . ’ |
| 12 | So many feelings raced through her as she stood there — admiration , delight and pleasure that almost brought tears to her eyes . |
| 13 | That really would have brought tears to my eyes . |
| 14 | ‘ It nearly brought tears to my eyes , ’ confessed Dr Phil Gates yesterday in recalling the moment that he had a polythene bag in front of him which contained £250,000 in old notes . |
| 15 | He had passed by the very spot only the other day , and it had brought tears to his eyes . |
| 16 | The boeuf Gardiane which followed brought tears to our eyes ; we had been overwrought and dropping with fatigue , and while the food we had already eaten had cheered and comforted us , it was n't until the cover was taken off the dish of beef stew and we smelt the wine and the garlic and the rich juices and saw the little black olives and the branches of wild thyme which had scented the stew laid in a little network over the meat , that the tension vanished . |
| 17 | We should n't be surprised , and we should n't think that there is anything wrong with us for having tears in our lives . |
| 18 | Laura wiped tears from her eyes . |
| 19 | Mick 's tape-recorder was playing ‘ Wipe Those Womble Tears From Your Eyes ’ . |
| 20 | The wind whistled in her face bringing tears to her eyes . |
| 21 | In her bedroom , Honor gazed at herself in the cracked mirror , a sense of hopelessness bringing tears to her eyes . |
| 22 | The tune moved through her mind and body , bringing tears to her eyes . |
| 23 | Blindly , Gina followed suit , gasping as the spirit hit her throat like a million splinters of ice , freezing first then burning , bringing tears to her eyes . |
| 24 | Sister Cooney was surprised to see tears in his eyes . |
| 25 | But anyway I gave , it 's fifty P I gave the lass who was selling it a pound you see and she said here you are waiting to give me my change , I said no , no and she said and I said to her I said you know you need it more than I do and she she got tears in her eyes and I I thought I mean I I do n't know if I can articulate this properly . |
| 26 | The single white anemone set her pulse racing ; the suspicion of dew in the bell of a campanula knotted her diaphragm ; the fragrance of white tobacco plant at dusk brought tears to her eyes . |
| 27 | She made an effort to feel some true sympathy , but it was difficult — she supposed that she would n't be able to experience compassion in a deep and real sense until she 'd had some children , since only matters like the putting down of young greyhounds brought tears to her eyes . |
| 28 | The sharpness of the cold made her cough and brought tears to her eyes . |
| 29 | She was very tired ; an uncharacteristic wave of sentimentality — of pity , almost , for all living things , brought tears to her eyes and made her want to clasp her arms round Caro . |
| 30 | They brought tears to her eyes , but tears of pain soon welled up from an overwhelming sense of despair . |