Example sentences of "[noun pl] come to [pos pn] eyes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tears came to her eyes and , as she entered the kitchen , she stumbled a little . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And she laughed until tears came to her eyes . |
| 4 | She found it hard to believe that such a thing had happened , and tears came to her eyes . |
| 5 | Tears came to her eyes . |
| 6 | She suddenly put her face in her hands as the tears came to her eyes again . |
| 7 | " Thank you , Hari , " said the Collector , and tears came to his eyes , causing the right one to throb more painfully than ever . |
| 8 | Tears came to my eyes as I thought that this was my and Miss Louise 's fault . |
| 9 | I was so offended by her behaviour towards me that tears came to my eyes . |
| 10 | I was so hurt by her amazement that tears came to my eyes . |
| 11 | Tears came to my eyes and to Bruno 's , but my mother put on a brave face . |
| 12 | Tears came to my eyes — truly surprising me . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ! |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Tears come to your eyes |
| 18 | The schemata are gardens of meditation and when I think of poetry , I am taken to the far country of Li Po , and then I see Thoreau and Jnandas and Rumi and a hundred poets ; their images throng my mind and I am moved and tears come to my eyes . |
| 19 | Tears come to my eyes when I sing songs about saying goodbye , or faithless lovers , or anything like that . |