Sentence examples for were extremely eager from inspiring English sources

"But they were extremely eager that we would sign.

The Obama-ites were extremely eager to listen.

Two people with knowledge of union attitudes who spoke on the condition that they not be identified said yesterday that union leaders were extremely eager to keep The Post alive, even if it meant painful concessions and staffing reductions.

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.

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.

Before the recession, credit card issuers were extremely eager to hand out plastic, relaxing their standards to the point where it seemed anybody could get their hands on one or more cards.

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

The CEOs I know are extremely eager to keep their people happy.

"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.

If you're interested in chamber music, musicians abound at Yale and most are extremely eager to start a small chamber group of their own.