He was keen to get started on the journey that had been planned for several months.    From LearnThat.org. 

A keen blade.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Thomas, who is not what I call keen about golf, preferred to remain before the fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Holiday Round] Reference

Japan's prime minister is expressing what he calls keen remorse and heartfelt apologies for his country's role in World War II.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2005] Reference

It was still raining in torrents after lunch, and Thomas, who is not what I call keen about golf, preferred to remain before the fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Happy Days] Reference

I have a certain keen sense of liberation, these days.    From Wordnik.com.  [The State of Canadian Capitalism: A Political View] Reference

The party in keen to get Lib Dems blogging but it takes courage.    From Wordnik.com.  [BritBlog Roundup] Reference

I know well how keen is Toronto's interest in Imperial questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Imperial Co-operation] Reference

In fact it may surprise you to know that Underwriters at Lloyd's are in keen competition with one another.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lloyd's Of London] Reference

To and fro, up and down over the ruined bank I passed; the wind blew cool and keen from the west, though the sky was smiling.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Island Garden] Reference

Finally resuming the chair at my desk I feel in keen sympathy with my fellow-creatures, for I seem to see clearly again that all are akin.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Indian Stories] Reference

 The identity of the "Fourth Man" is one of the keen mysteries of the book yes, I wrote "keen" - deal with it!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reasons to Love Comics #334 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference

Many will still recall the keen rivalry that existed between the famous firms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pickwickian Studies] Reference

Sapper Foster, described as a keen chef, enlisted into the Royal Engineers in September.    From Wordnik.com.  [News round-up] Reference

Mrs Burgess, who was not accused of wrongdoing, was described as a keen tennis player and a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

Until his illness, Mr Allan, 58, was fit and active and known as a keen runner, sailor and cyclist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

Being a very brilliant singer himself, he was never what you might call keen to take in a new member.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tale of Bobby Bobolink Tuck-me-In Tales] Reference

Until, that is, the keen angler went to a tackle shop to buy a £1.50 catapult to fling bait into rivers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fuckwit of the day: Shopkeeper refuses to serve great-grandfather, 73, a toy catapult 'unless he could prove he was over 18'] Reference

“Those are gravity boots,” he said, showing what Sonnie often referred to as his keen grasp of the obvious.    From Wordnik.com.  [Here There Be Monsters] Reference

'Hm,' said Mirabel, rather disbelievingly, for Antoinette could not by any means have been called keen on games.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fifth Formers at St. Clare's]

From behind a large oak a keen, racy-looking fellow stepped forth, and, leveling his cavalry carbine, called "Halt!".    From Wordnik.com.  [The end of an era,] Reference

Crooks was described as a keen soldier, an excellent athlete who "would do anything for you without even being asked.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference

This effort has been called keen, clever, but untimely, tending rather to set people by their ears than to save them from their sins.    From Wordnik.com.  [James Fenimore Cooper] Reference

How keen is my ‘opportunity antenna’?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Women Grow Business » The Opportunity Antenna: Inauguration Business Taught a Lesson] Reference

And as for all those in Europe who were not 'keen' on the Iraq war.    From Wordnik.com.  [If it Quacks Like a Constitution...] Reference

Wednesday that the government was "keen" to address the teachers 'concerns.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Were these writers really as immodest as to consider themselves "keen" observers?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Social Fiction] Reference

In Ted Hughes's case it would seem understandable why he should be "keen" to do this.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not a Conspiracy] Reference

Nqakula said he had not personally spoken to Rwasa but there were indications that the rebel group was "keen" to rejoin.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

His mind was neither "keen" nor "clear," and he seemed "reluctant to face up to the details of personnel and program selection.".    From Wordnik.com.  [As Camelot Began] Reference

He was, in short, keen to be noticed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr Abrahams and the Labour Party] Reference

Another 40 percent said that they were "keen" on OSS.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tectonic] Reference

Sven-Goran Eriksson 'keen' on rumoured new Notts County takeover.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

I love that you used the words "keen" and "rubbish" I can almost hear your accent ….    From Wordnik.com.  [The Secret Life of Kat] Reference

The spokesperson added that the BBC are "keen" that he stays with the show as he is a.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference

"Yes, but it was at the cost of infinite perplexity -- of what I may call keen suffering.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Diary of a Man of Fifty] Reference

Cromwell came forward into the room, with a kind of keen smile, in his rich dress and chain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The King's Achievement] Reference

Britain's Osborne said last week in Beijing he is "keen" to make the U.K. more trade-driven.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bloomberg] Reference

Among the bidders was the Duke, who was said by Bonhams to be "keen" to acquire the plate fr.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

LAT that Angelina is "keen" on the film as Tim Burton is trying to figure which project to do next.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Velvet Hot Tub | Freshest Stories] Reference