Example sentences of "tears sprang [prep] [pos pn] eyes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joy went crimson and tears sprang into her eyes . |
| 2 | Jane realised just how much they hurt and tears sprang into her eyes . |
| 3 | She stared at him hopelessly for a fraction of a second and then she looked away as tears sprang into her eyes . |
| 4 | Tears sprang to her eyes . |
| 5 | Tears sprang to her eyes — tears of despair and frustration . |
| 6 | She was trembling , hot tears sprang to her eyes , she wanted to cover her face with her hands , but did not dare attempt such a defending gesture for it would have seemed a patent provocation ; besides she knew how to stand in the face of anger . |
| 7 | Tears sprang to her eyes then . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , Ven ! ’ she cried , as tears sprang to her eyes . |
| 9 | Suddenly his face crumpled and tears sprang to his eyes . |
| 10 | Leopold was sitting only two boxes away from the beautiful Princess of Wurttemburg , and he confessed he was so moved by the magical instrumental interplay that , for ‘ sheer delight ’ , tears sprang to his eyes . |
| 11 | When the tears sprang from his eyes and nose and his body shook as with an ague , Mick put his arms about him and , pulling him round , cradled him as he would a child , saying , ‘ There ! |
| 12 | Overcome by his own joke he broke into a fit of choking laughter until tears sprang from his eyes . |