Example sentences of "[prep] tears [conj] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not think of following him , my feet seemed rooted to the sandy path and I saw him through a mist of tears as he appeared to melt through the door , which closed behind him . |
| 2 | His bleary eyes filled with tears but he tilted his head back and glared at the top of the tent . |
| 3 | Simon Cormack 's eyes filled with tears and he began to cry uncontrollably . |
| 4 | I shook my head and shrugged my shoulders at her , trying not to look into the child 's large eyes filling with tears as he gazed petulantly at me , his underlip thrust out . |
| 5 | His eyes filled with tears as he turned towards Madge . |
| 6 | His book Twilight over England , cites the case of a Jewish student who burst into tears when he discovered that he was only the second best and not the best in the list of those who had passed their medical exams . |
| 7 | He was almost in tears when he took her to the station , and when he said his farewells his reedy voice was quite unsteady . |
| 8 | But the young Swede 's heroic 65 ended in tears when he missed from just over a yard at the final hole , while Love sank a twisting 15 footer and Couples followed him in from 18 inches . |
| 9 | Mr May broke down in tears as he added : ‘ This is the saddest day I can remember in football . ’ |
| 10 | And she was in tears as he said : ‘ All of us owe the same debt to Glenys because if there was a complete partnership , this is it . |
| 11 | Yohan , an old man , was moved to tears as he read a tract , as he realised for the first time how much God loved him . |
| 12 | Mr Taylor was close to tears as he said : ‘ There is a mood of disbelief at the hospital . |
| 13 | At one point , Dr Stroud had been reduced to tears as he tried to pull his gloves over his frost-bitten fingers . |
| 14 | He was close to tears when he started to read a statement in which he opened his heart as never before . |