Example sentences of "bring [noun pl] to her eyes " in BNC.
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| 1 | The punchline actually brought tears to her eyes and caused Isa Peebles to laugh so hard she almost fell off her stool . |
| 2 | A fire brigade spokesman said last night : ‘ It 's a serious matter — but it must have brought tears to her eyes . ’ |
| 3 | So many feelings raced through her as she stood there — admiration , delight and pleasure that almost brought tears to her eyes . |
| 4 | The wind whistled in her face bringing tears to her eyes . |
| 5 | In her bedroom , Honor gazed at herself in the cracked mirror , a sense of hopelessness bringing tears to her eyes . |
| 6 | The tune moved through her mind and body , bringing tears to her eyes . |
| 7 | Blindly , Gina followed suit , gasping as the spirit hit her throat like a million splinters of ice , freezing first then burning , bringing tears to her eyes . |
| 8 | The single white anemone set her pulse racing ; the suspicion of dew in the bell of a campanula knotted her diaphragm ; the fragrance of white tobacco plant at dusk brought tears to her eyes . |
| 9 | She made an effort to feel some true sympathy , but it was difficult — she supposed that she would n't be able to experience compassion in a deep and real sense until she 'd had some children , since only matters like the putting down of young greyhounds brought tears to her eyes . |
| 10 | The sharpness of the cold made her cough and brought tears to her eyes . |
| 11 | She was very tired ; an uncharacteristic wave of sentimentality — of pity , almost , for all living things , brought tears to her eyes and made her want to clasp her arms round Caro . |
| 12 | They brought tears to her eyes , but tears of pain soon welled up from an overwhelming sense of despair . |
| 13 | Cigar smoke brought tears to her eyes |
| 14 | The street seemed to be full of perfume now , wafting around her in the biting wind — the perfume that was the most evocative memory she had of her mother , a haunting perfume , light and teasing and sweet , a perfume that smelled a little like a summer garden at dusk , a perfume , the memory of which had possessed the power to bring tears to her eyes long , long after she had forgotten how to conjure up the image of her mother 's face . |
| 15 | Why was it that this man had the ability to bring tears to her eyes ? |
| 16 | Just the sound of Luke 's deep voice was enough to bring tears to her eyes , and she swallowed hard before whispering brokenly , ‘ Yes . ’ |