Example sentences of "there were tears [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was the smell of flour and dripping on her apron front , lovely cosy smells which gave a safe feeling , but there were tears on her cheeks . |
| 2 | There were tears on her cheeks . |
| 3 | There were tears on her cheeks and he carefully eased them away with gentle fingers . |
| 4 | There were tears on her cheeks . |
| 5 | There were tears on his cheeks . |
| 6 | Of a sudden the room was quiet , and when she turned from the mirror and stood before the three elderly sisters , it could almost be said there were tears in their eyes , and in her own . |
| 7 | Miss Phoebe 's pitted cheeks were quite pink and there were tears in her eyes . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I 'm avoiding Broad Street because of the cranes , ’ Meg replied , and Lee saw that there were tears in her eyes . |
| 9 | ‘ My lord , it is good to see you , ’ she told him , and this time there were tears in her eyes . |
| 10 | There were tears in her eyes . |
| 11 | Horror ‘ There were tears in her eyes , even though her face was burned . ’ |
| 12 | There were tears in her eyes and when they went through to the kitchen she hugged and kissed them both . |
| 13 | She pressed my hand , and when she replied there were tears in her voice . |
| 14 | When she raised her head , there were tears in her dark eyes ; Cissie 's eyes , too , were bright and full . |
| 15 | There were tears in her eyes as , withdrawing her hands from him , she nodded . |
| 16 | There were tears in her eyes as she gazed up at him . |
| 17 | She was shouting now , and nearly crying — there were tears in her eyes . |
| 18 | Anne looked at me and I could see , even in the state I was in , that there were tears in her eyes . |
| 19 | There were tears in her eyes as she looked down across the footlights to the man in the front row , on his feet now , applauding . |
| 20 | There were tears in her eyes that Jenna did not miss , and as the door closed she turned her blue eyes on Alain . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , ’ she said , ‘ I see that for all your fine words you are much like the rest , ’ and there were tears in her eyes when she turned away from him . |
| 22 | She was smiling , although there were tears in her grey eyes . |
| 23 | There were tears in her eyes and she was looking far from pleased . |
| 24 | But there were tears in her eyes . |
| 25 | There were tears in her eyes . |
| 26 | There were tears in her eyes as she hugged her . |
| 27 | They stung , as they were meant to , and there were tears in her eyes when he roughly turned her over . |
| 28 | There were tears in his eyes when he crouched to gather up the debris , scooping it into a pile with both hands while Sweetheart roared with laughter . |
| 29 | When I looked at him , there were tears in his eyes , and he said , ‘ It 's not us who 'll have the problem , Mum . |
| 30 | Now , as the train swayed up the coast , there were tears in his own eyes too . |