Sentence examples for was extremely eager from inspiring English sources

After the months Bergquist had spent on the evanescent fellow's trail, he was extremely eager to be in on what could be the showdown, but he was scheduled to appear in court that afternoon to testify, against a book thief, so he reluctantly delegated an assistant, Arthur Heinle, to represent him at the rendezvous in Dean's office.

On Wednesday, Edward Liddy, the head of A.I.G., was hauled in front of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises where everybody was extremely eager to express their outrage about the $165 million in bonuses for employees in A.I.G.'s financial (Credit Swaps Derivatives R Us) products division.

"But they were extremely eager that we would sign.

"Everybody is extremely eager to start up the new Saab".

The Obama-ites were extremely eager to listen.

"We are extremely eager to receive the evidence that supports these charges".

"We are extremely eager for to see the game [against United] go ahead," declared a City spokesman.

The only schools mentioned are Sabbath schools intended for adults; this suggests that Jews were extremely eager to gain admittance for their children to Greek gymnasia, where quite obviously they would have had to make compromises with their Judaism.

I don't agree that it's a subject most people would rather not confront — on the contrary, it seems to me a subject that people are extremely eager to confront in the form of fantasy and drama.

Ever since being sworn in 55 days ago, Mrs. Clinton has done her best to come across as a freshman lawmaker who is extremely eager to make a mark in the capital.

We know from Pepys's diary that after the restoration of Charles II in 1660, members of the class to which the diarist belonged (the aspiring middles and upper middles) were extremely eager to commission noble likenesses of themselves and their families to hang above the mantel.