Example sentences of "[pron] eyes fill with [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Her eyes filled with tears of pain and shock , but Isabel refused to let them fall .
3 She gripped Fernando 's hand as suddenly her eyes filled with tears of emotion .
4 Her eyes filled with tears of hope .
5 ‘ I do n't know , ’ Connelly said , his eyes filling with tears of terror .
6 For a moment she did nothing , horrified , her lips drawn back from her teeth , watching how he turned the stump , observing it , his eyes filled with wonder at the thing he had accidentally done .
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