Example sentences of "eyes fill with " in BNC.

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1 Her eyes filled with tears — whether of shame , frustration , or grief it was difficult to tell .
2 She looked around the tent , her pale eyes filled with simple curiosity , and then looked back at Peggy .
3 His bleary eyes filled with tears but he tilted his head back and glared at the top of the tent .
4 The girls ' eyes filled with tears .
5 When Emily asked him what it had been like then , his eyes filled with tears .
6 North listened to this impassively ; when it was over his eyes filled with tears , but these were not necessarily tears of compunction .
7 There are pressures building up for me to do all sorts of things but I do n't want to accept them , ’ she says confidently , her blue eyes filled with a new purpose .
8 ‘ Pilade is a fine child , ’ Mrs Browning said next , and her eyes filled with tears .
9 Immediately Alec 's eyes filled with sweat again and he strained to hold the delicate balance of the bucket of fire as it moved lower and closer to the shape carved out of the ground .
10 Her eyes filled with tears suddenly and she nodded .
11 I bent forward to see if I could recognise him — there was something vaguely familiar about him , the voice perhaps — and then he hit me on the side of my head — ’ Poor Miss Watson faltered and her eyes filled with tears at the memory of that vicious blow .
12 His eyes filled with tears , tears of rage and frustration .
13 Kalchu 's eyes filled with tears , and Chola , holding her face in both her hands , was racked with sobbing .
14 Sarah 's eyes filled with tears , which she allowed him to see before burying her face against his ample knees .
15 His eyes filled with tears as he turned towards Madge .
16 But his eyes filled with tears .
17 Daisy 's eyes filled with tears .
18 Simon Cormack 's eyes filled with tears and he began to cry uncontrollably .
19 Elizabeth Woodville 's eyes filled with tears .
20 The nun 's eyes filled with tears .
21 The horror gave way slowly to self-pity , the blue eyes filled with tears and she began to weep , the tears making runnels down her heavy makeup .
22 Her eyes filled with tears .
23 Her eyes filled with tears .
24 Doyle grinned at her and she had to turn away because her eyes filled with tears .
25 Her eyes filled with tears .
26 He turned away , and his eyes filled with tears .
27 She did n't see the dark nineteen-year-old youth , for he did n't look nineteen : there was hardly any stubble on his chin , his face was pale , his mouth tender , his clear grey eyes filled with the hurt of love .
28 Her eyes filled with tears and she began to cry .
29 I remember that at one stage … his eyes filled with tears .
30 She was exquisite , even in a shabby dark gown , and as she came up to him he saw the luminous eyes filled with what he most wanted to see .
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