Example sentences of "so keen " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When you lot seize the land back again make sure you know about ban owls first , ’ she 's choking , ‘ you 're so keen on wild life . |
| 2 | She 's so keen … so committed . ’ |
| 3 | S&N argue they have kept Theakstons open and , presumably , would not have been so keen to do so if they could n't use the name and local appeal of the brand to advertise their Tyne Brewery beers . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I must admit he was n't so keen to start with , ’ Jackie said . |
| 5 | Rough roads , however , of the sort council repair crews seem so keen to create , ruffle it slightly and cause it to slap its tyres on the road in protest . |
| 6 | Should doctors always be so keen to offer abortion as the only solution to women who are in the first throes of disappointment and depression at the news that their baby is not genetically perfect ? |
| 7 | Mr Carey added : ‘ You were so keen to have your own way with her that you disregarded the fact that you could have made her pregnant . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd worked on it as the slide projectionist One of the reasons we were all so keen on going to the party was that Faustus was a joint production with the local girls school . |
| 9 | What we did n't realise at the time was that one of the main reasons that Malcolm was so keen on John was that he was so like Richard Hell — who was one of Malcolm s mates in New York . |
| 10 | Alright then , he said , if you 're so keen , why do n't you go and find them yourselves ? |
| 11 | Well , he understands that those Norwegian Lapps that are closer to the border than he is might not be so keen . |
| 12 | Why are certain Sikh families so keen on their women wearing make-up ( in contrast to Gujerati and Muslim families where western make-up is frowned upon ) ? |
| 13 | She was so keen to get a letter to her daughter off tonight . ’ |
| 14 | So keen was he on the results — secured into place with a handful of mousse ( a completely new and highly intriguing concept to Yurk ! ) that he agreed to let Tony & Guy 's team work on the colour , later in the week . |
| 15 | As for commemorative musical events , some promoters jumped the gun by a year ; others have been so keen not to be upstaged that January has already seen dozens of concerts . |
| 16 | That is one reason it is so keen that East European products , especially its competitive farm products , should have free access to West European markets . |
| 17 | So keen is Berkeley on the idea that the existence of real objects consists in their actually being perceived , that he appears to explain their continuity , not by a readiness on God 's part to excite ideas in us , but rather by God 's own continued perception . |
| 18 | I thought you might like that , seeing as you 're so keen on birds and that . |
| 19 | Charles is always so keen . ’ |
| 20 | At best , it could be agreed that some people defined the national interest one way and some defined it another way , and each side was equally well-meaning ; only some had pushed their patriotism beyond the law , so keen were they , while others had stopped and thought . |
| 21 | It was this western part of Czechoslovakia that Hitler was so keen to get his hands on ; not so much for the Pilsener lagers , but for the Skoda machine plants and the iron and coal resources of Western Bohemia . |
| 22 | ‘ If you 're so keen on making friends , why do n't you get together with the Human Corkscrew ? ’ |
| 23 | Sam wondered what Mr Harker would say if he knew that one of his relatives was so keen to disrupt the cotton industry . |
| 24 | I do n't reckon she was so keen on being related to Miss Harker , though the others might 've turned out better . ’ |
| 25 | Only 17 people live on Lundy Island , but there is no shortage of winged residents , so keen ornithologists may make the boat trip from Bideford more than once . |
| 26 | The Scots , alleged to be so keen on independence now , might not be so keen on it then . |
| 27 | The Scots , alleged to be so keen on independence now , might not be so keen on it then . |
| 28 | Jansher won the remaining points in one hand , but the rallies were so keen and furious that another dramatic twist of fortunes was never out of the question . |
| 29 | Thomas was not so keen on relinquishing the Church privileges and there were years of disagreement . |
| 30 | Great Stourford had been built as the ostentatiously fashionable home of a sugar millionaire whose wealth was so substantial and political skill so keen that his grandson was elevated to the title of Lord Chamfer by Queen Victoria . |