Example sentences of "tears [prep] my eyes " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
2 | I had not realized until then that there were tears in my eyes . |
3 | I had tears in my eyes from laughter . |
4 | ‘ There were tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat , ’ she said later . |
5 | CHARLES B ‘ Lack of Love ’ ‘ Nostalgia time ; off my nut , tears in my eyes , Hacienda 1989 . ’ |
6 | I read monthly in my BBC WILDLIFE , with tears in my eyes , of stories of various animal tragedies around the world , quietly cursing my fellow man , who has the injustice to treat animals with such appalling disrespect . |
7 | I read Jemima Harrison 's feature abut her horrific experience at the hands of a brutal rapist with tears in my eyes . |
8 | I still had tears in my eyes , but I had a big smile on my face too . |
9 | 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 |
10 | That brought tears to my eyes and I turned away so that Jeff would n't be able to see them , then fought them back . |
11 | Mr Redhead could bring God to the godless : his article brought tears to my eyes . |
12 | It was n't the wind that brought tears to my eyes as I turned to walk along the cliff path . |
13 | That thought brought a lump to my throat , tears to my eyes . |
14 | He said : ‘ Your report brought tears to my eyes . |
15 | That really would have brought tears to my eyes . |
16 | Sandy , a visitor , told us : " It brought tears to my eyes when I heard that the house would be closed for renovation . |
17 | It brought a few tears to my eyes . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | ‘ 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 . |
20 | ‘ The letter I got back brought tears to my eyes , ’ he says . |