Example sentences of "tears [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We should weep no tears for them , ’ one commentator said . |
| 2 | Even then he could have been saved , so the story goes , if the giantess Thokk had agreed to shed life-giving tears for him , but for unspecified reasons she refused . |
| 3 | But here he was in a deep tragedy : the man he had loved — yes , really loved , had been murdered , and he could shed no tears for him … |
| 4 | Bertha Cohen turned her head aside , and Judith knew she was fighting back tears for her own family — her parents , her brothers and sister — who had not escaped . |
| 5 | Tears came again to Franca 's eyes , strange tears , tears for everything , for herself as everything , tears out of the terrible cloud of hope and fear that hangs over all things . |
| 6 | PAUL GASCOIGNE revealed yesterday why he still sheds tears for his beloved England . |
| 7 | There is tears for his love ; joy for his future ; honour for his valour ; and death for his ambition . |
| 8 | This is especially true if the pilot turns out to be a young lady and the shock of what-might-have-been gives rise to tears during her interview with the investigator . |
| 9 | The Princess broke down in tears during her first public engagement after Mr Morton 's book went on sale . |
| 10 | Hesitantly , Victoria stood up , wiping the tears off her cheeks with the back of her hands . |
| 11 | The doorbell rang , and scrubbing the tears off her cheeks with the back of her hand , she marched to the door and yanked it open . |
| 12 | And now this was the thanks they got , these tears of hers , this dismay at what they had trusted would be hailed as good news . |
| 13 | Cheryl wiped tears of her own from her face . |
| 14 | Jim blinked back tears of his own , swallowed the ache in his throat and put a comforting arm round her shoulders . |
| 15 | Inside the coach I cried the bitterest tears of my life . |
| 16 | She had to pause before she could speak because there were tears behind her eyes , her voice would be clogged with them . |
| 17 | She squeezed her eyes shut tightly , feeling the sting of tears behind her eyelids . |
| 18 | A lump rose in her throat and she felt the sharp sting of tears behind her eyelids . |
| 19 | She smiled tightly , feeling the hot sting of tears behind her lids . |
| 20 | Juliet felt the prick of tears behind her eyelids . |
| 21 | To her horror Rory felt the sting of tears behind her eyes and looked away helplessly . |
| 22 | He could scarcely see for the blur of tears behind his spectacles , but he bent to investigate a glint of metal among the dust . |
| 23 | Unable to give her anything but the bitter regret which struck out at him afresh , raising a sting of tears behind his eyes , an abominable tightness in his chest . |
| 24 | For a boss , in fact , he was a very human man , who had hardly tried to hide the tears behind his eyes as he had stepped into the Mercedes earlier . |
| 25 | D'Arcy 's grip tightened round her shoulders as he felt her hot tears against his skin . |
| 26 | They were elicited by my questions about his earlier career , and most of them seemed new to Laura for she laughed with unfeignable gaiety , her head at moments in helpless tears against his chest . |
| 27 | Andy shouts , and I think he 's going to burst into tears like me . |
| 28 | If I 'm angry with someone I love and trust , I can express my anger in tears with them ; if I am angry with someone I do not love , then I withhold my tears — to be expressed later , in a safe situation , or not at all . |
| 29 | Sniffing and wiping away her tears with her fists like a child , she climbed out and hastily dragged on her dressing-gown . |
| 30 | Honestly , you would soon be bored to tears with it . ’ |