Example sentences of "[noun] fill with tears " in BNC.

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1 Her eyes filled with tears — whether of shame , frustration , or grief it was difficult to tell .
2 His bleary eyes filled with tears but he tilted his head back and glared at the top of the tent .
3 The girls ' eyes filled with tears .
4 When Emily asked him what it had been like then , his eyes filled with tears .
5 North listened to this impassively ; when it was over his eyes filled with tears , but these were not necessarily tears of compunction .
6 ‘ Pilade is a fine child , ’ Mrs Browning said next , and her eyes filled with tears .
7 Her eyes filled with tears suddenly and she nodded .
8 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 .
9 His eyes filled with tears , tears of rage and frustration .
10 Kalchu 's eyes filled with tears , and Chola , holding her face in both her hands , was racked with sobbing .
11 Sarah 's eyes filled with tears , which she allowed him to see before burying her face against his ample knees .
12 His eyes filled with tears as he turned towards Madge .
13 But his eyes filled with tears .
14 Daisy 's eyes filled with tears .
15 Simon Cormack 's eyes filled with tears and he began to cry uncontrollably .
16 Elizabeth Woodville 's eyes filled with tears .
17 The nun 's eyes filled with tears .
18 The horror gave way slowly to self-pity , the blue eyes filled with tears and she began to weep , the tears making runnels down her heavy makeup .
19 Her eyes filled with tears .
20 Her eyes filled with tears .
21 Doyle grinned at her and she had to turn away because her eyes filled with tears .
22 Her eyes filled with tears .
23 He turned away , and his eyes filled with tears .
24 Her eyes filled with tears and she began to cry .
25 I remember that at one stage … his eyes filled with tears .
26 Katherine 's eyes filled with tears and she rushed to her room .
27 When I read about her death , my eyes filled with tears .
28 Elinor 's eyes filled with tears .
29 As always when she mentioned his name , her eyes filled with tears and she bowed her head , as though steeping herself in memories that were both painful and exquisite .
30 Bathsheba 's eyes filled with tears , and she did not try to hide her anger and her injured pride .
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