Example sentences of "anxious to get [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They became adept at portraying well-known types such as the domineering wife , her hen-pecked husband , the poor widow anxious to get a son or daughter wed , the miser , the guardian or the severe nurse and at spotting any odd person or antics . |
| 2 | He chuckled , rubbing his hands together , anxious to get a bag on his shoulder . |
| 3 | Lewis had got to know him because he was a frequent visitor to Oxford , anxious to get a job in the Oxford English Faculty , and a friend not only of Tolkien but also of Nevill Coghill . |
| 4 | Donna tried to raise the .38 , anxious to get a shot at him , but he knocked her hand down and the gun discharged into the floor . |
| 5 | The dog seems anxious to get the harness on ; indeed , all through the trip the dogs are always keen to pull and seem miserable when they are tied off for the night . |
| 6 | The skipper would be anxious to get the transfer over quickly , Trent knew as he made his way aft to the cockpit . |
| 7 | Indeed , we were so anxious to get the figures right that we had little time to spend explaining why what we proposed was morally necessary . |
| 8 | ‘ Villagers would be all the more anxious to get the responsibility for him off their hands . |
| 9 | But the weather had darkened a little and so he quickly pressed on , anxious to get the city as far behind him as possible . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , Peter Parker and British Rail were anxious to get the project back on track and I strongly sympathized with their position . |