Example sentences of "there were tears in [pos pn] eyes " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Miss Phoebe 's pitted cheeks were quite pink and there were tears in her eyes .
3 ‘ Well , I 'm avoiding Broad Street because of the cranes , ’ Meg replied , and Lee saw that there were tears in her eyes .
4 ‘ My lord , it is good to see you , ’ she told him , and this time there were tears in her eyes .
5 There were tears in her eyes .
6 Horror ‘ There were tears in her eyes , even though her face was burned . ’
7 There were tears in her eyes and when they went through to the kitchen she hugged and kissed them both .
8 There were tears in her eyes as , withdrawing her hands from him , she nodded .
9 There were tears in her eyes as she gazed up at him .
10 She was shouting now , and nearly crying — there were tears in her eyes .
11 Anne looked at me and I could see , even in the state I was in , that there were tears in her eyes .
12 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 .
13 There were tears in her eyes that Jenna did not miss , and as the door closed she turned her blue eyes on Alain .
14 ‘ 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 .
15 There were tears in her eyes and she was looking far from pleased .
16 But there were tears in her eyes .
17 There were tears in her eyes .
18 There were tears in her eyes as she hugged her .
19 They stung , as they were meant to , and there were tears in her eyes when he roughly turned her over .
20 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 .
21 When I looked at him , there were tears in his eyes , and he said , ‘ It 's not us who 'll have the problem , Mum .
22 But there were tears in his eyes too .
23 There were tears in his eyes and he could n't really speak .
24 There were tears in his eyes .
25 There were tears in his eyes .
26 There were tears in his eyes .
27 The boy was shaking , and when he looked up at Rory there were tears in his eyes .
28 When he looked up there were tears in his eyes .
29 And when he moved back , there were tears in his eyes , real grief in his expression .
30 There were tears in his eyes .
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