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1. I spend the evening wondering if Liz is keen on gardening
2. Stephen is much the same – keen but not terribly sensible
3. ‘She’s keen to meet you too, Molly
4. Stephen hovers anxiously in the background, happy to hand responsibility over to me but keen to be around
5. She looked keen to get into the rink
6. Rode around on his bike with the boys where we lived … was quite keen on kicking a ball around whenever he could
7. As it happens, it is a Granny & Grandpa afternoon and, as Fred is a keen G&G attendee and frequently spends the afternoon crawling round the floor with the children, it makes sense to include the kids in the festivities
8. She has taken to coming along now and we’ve had one or two weird conversations about both of us being Dave’s wife! The baby is a sweet little thing but not keen on sleeping nights … I reckon I would go off any baby, however sweet it might be, under those circumstances, but it’s probably different if it’s yours
9. Tempted, I hesitate; I’d said only the other day that I’d like to join him on one of his walks – I’m keen to discover more about the village … walking with Henry would be an excellent way to do it
10. "Hey, wait," he said, but when the shadow skated across the curved hull of the ring section in front of him like a predator was swooping in from above, he knew why Parker had been keen to get the hell out of there
11. Angie has no family here now, her parents having died in an accident, and she is keen to pursue her Errdian roots, and perhaps find family there
12. We are intrigued by the phrase ‘matters of mutual interest’ and keen to learn what it might denote! Until tomorrow - Liesse Yare
13. The Guilds, being built on commerce, are very keen on maintaining the peace
14. He’s none to keen
15. The dragonets were delighted, and began to keen, even in their eggs; but they were upset when they realized that they couldn't communicate with the large dogs
16. I’m keen on birds
17. It is a subdued meal, neither of us keen to leave our haven
18. ’ He said, taking my hand, ‘She’s keen to meet you
19. Miss Jones had few vices and few interests that could be described as hobbies, but she was very keen on politics
20. ’ I said, keen to move the conversation into less emotionally fraught channels
21. “I mean, it’s all a bit freaky, but he’s got a job and a car and seems keen enough
22. After all, the political and media establishment knew about the magic powers this wonderful document possessed and the great politician knew that these people, who generally failed to see the bigger picture, would be as keen as mustard to see how unfit or stupid various members of the government might be
23. They were especially keen to send their tomatoes to the restaurants run by their celebrity chef chums in the bustling centres of expensive consumer consumption that shined amid the phantom lights of the capital city
24. As a young man, Tom Bowler was naturally keen to find himself a girlfriend
25. It is strange standing in there looking at all his belongings - there’s that book you gave him one Christmas when we were both teenagers – he was mad keen on motorbikes at the time – look there’s the inscription you wrote all those years ago - and there’s a photo of the two of us on the wall, it must have been taken some time ago - your hair was long then, plaited and lying over your shoulder
26. Rayne bent her head and began to keen in a soft lilting tone
27. Then one approached and began to sniff her head; the other followed suit when the first began to keen along with her
28. She continued to pat their heads and keen to them as she slowly rose
29. She’s quite animated and clearly keen to continue with her music
30. A high pitched keen brought him back to reality
31. He fetched one of his gardening books from an alcove shelf in the living room and leafed through the sections that showed keen gardeners how to build walls and fill holes with hardcore, and as he read the hints, tips and instructions, Ken realised that his weary bones ached for a change
32. Rob is obviously keen to treat me, and I enjoy the experience of letting him do it
33. There’s a little girl who is dead keen to start lessons and because this time-waster has bagged the time, I can’t fit her in
34. Somehow, I doubt Sally would be too keen for that matter
35. There once was a keen gardener who tended to a beautiful rose garden not too far from here
36. She enthuses about the cottage but I know Anna is not keen on having students here
37. When I saw her last week – grief is it really a week ago! – where does the time go? … she mentioned that he seemed pretty keen
38. ‘Yes, but Alastair is so very keen and, if I’m honest with myself, I desperately want his child
39. described as hobbies, but she was very keen on politics
40. Did she just sit in her flat in the evenings on her own? Tracy mentioned that Bunty was keen on knitting and that sort of thing, would she have spent her time doing that? Whereabouts in Naples was her flat? Could she have walked somewhere
41. it’s all a bit freaky, but he’s got a job and a car and seems keen
42. failed to see the bigger picture, would be as keen as mustard to see
43. Then there’s Roland … whatever else he was, he must have been educated and socially aware … he was very keen on her
44. Sounds as though she was a very hands-on person … Bert said she wanted to know how to do things … she was keen on knitting and stuff like that … all very practical and sensible
45. Dave didn’t say much but I get the idea that Becky wanted him to accompany her to corporate events – let’s admit it, he’s an attractive guy – but he was invariably tied up with work and isn’t keen on jumping through corporate hoops at the best of times
46. leafed through the sections that showed keen gardeners how to
47. keen edge on any sharp instrument, tutted disapprovingly at the offer
48. Now that things with Angie had been sorted out, he was keen to get home, to see his little girls again
49. ‘So you’re local to this area?’ he asked when she ran down, keen to keep the conversational ball rolling
50. A keen sense of self-preservation is a necessary part of survival in the underbelly of the world
1. The mermaids keened like whales all around the house, singing for their friends to come
2. A high-pitched noise keened beside her
3. And outside the dragons keened and roared their approval
4. Ash blew on the little baby and keened a welcome call and told Andrew that his son would be a leader one day
5. The hawk keened once and returned to its original perch
6. The hawk perched in the rafters above keened lightly and caught Mya’s attention
7. go around towards the back of the ship when the red hawk keened loudly
8. The red hawk keened once and a huge wolf with a thick black coat and a white streak
9. The hawk keened once and joined him
10. ” He had hold of his wife now and gripped her while she keened he continued shouting
11. Helena Simko keened from her soul as Mutt Simko doubled over, held his stomach, vomited
12. Alyssa keened and wailed as her contractions grew harder and when the baby finally came, I took it in my arms and held it out for her to see, but not to touch
13. There he keened a wailing rune
1. A flock of gulls scattered, keening loudly and interrupting their conversation
2. She could hear his keening high above her
3. Then they heard a mournful wailing; Lady Maya was keening the Death Chant for her Jared
4. The Dragons let out a wailing and keening for the pain he and Lady Maya felt
5. The loud keening of the Dragon Death Chant broke the silence of the night
6. The Blue Dragons started keening, and she joined in as she bandaged him up
7. Out side, a dragon could be heard keening in a deep throaty voice
8. My God, I can hear them! They were keening a very low humming; it was a soothing, warm, comforting sound
9. The dragons keening became very loud and the babies quieted
10. Rayne continued keening as the animals came closer and closer
11. Pretty soon both were loudly keening with her
12. Rayne slowly lifted her head and stared into their yellow eyes holding their attention, still keening with them
13. She moved her hand back and forth within the thick fur, all the while leaning her head against the large beast, keening softly
14. The next set of large artillery flares went off overhead and I moved over to where he was curled up into a foetal position with his knees drawn up to his chin he was keening quietly in his throat and I touched his shoulder but he flinched like a whipped cur
15. Bert was still unconscious and Sam was still led on his side keening and living in his own world
16. Sam was now sat up and had stopped his keening now he looked out of blank eyes starring into space but I wasn’t that worried
17. From somewhere, she heard shouts and a high-pitched keening noise that she realized was coming from her own throat
18. She lay down in the clearing, and with the far-off keening of a hawk in her ears, she fell asleep
19. Falling to his knees before the gravestone Morgan let out a keening cry that embody all that he felt in that moment
20. Simon heard himself cry out, his voice a long keening of released desire
21. She could hear the Library’s keening in her thoughts, a sound like a dying animal
22. As the troop moved beyond it, a high-pitched keening reverberated in their ears
23. Toby Parker didn't know he was making keening sounds in the back of his throat
24. But I hear a keening and we must follow where it leads
25. It is a keening of the mind
26. As the troop moved beyond it, a high-pitched keening
27. Half wail, half keening
28. Only the wild keening continued, rising again in intensity and making the hairs on his arms stand on end
29. The man subsided into a low keening sound that pierced Simon’s blood and mind
30. I pretended not to see Annabeth wipe a tear from her cheek as she listened to the mournful keening of Cerberus in the distance, longing for his new friend
31. snarls, their eyes keening anxiously as they rose up on their
32. It was unbearably hot and smelly and noisy and after three days I was healthy enough to be ejected into a mass of keening, mud plastered women tearing out their hair to mourn a death
33. After several spine tingling minutes the keening slowly died to a whisper, then silence
34. It was a low keening noise not unlike the coyote of the American Southwest
35. They were howling and keening
36. Reno's head had popped up from the counter where he had been sitting once Rude had left, a soft keening sound slipping from his throat
37. He could feel the stirrings from beneath his feet, and the it could be told because the keening noise was one that had a distressed sound to it, as he also began rocking back and forth on the stool
38. His mind was too fractured to even begin to understand what he was sensing and feeling, thus the soft keening and rocking rhythm that spoke of his distress clearly
39. Then a strange thing happened, I heard a solitary keening wail from the direction of the sand dunes then more people joined in, gradually the wail was taken up by thousands of the spectators all expressing their anguish because their god was leaving them, the emotion generated by this display brought tears to every eye mine included
40. A keening cry jolted him from his thoughts
41. A keening, unearthly cry sounded above, and Laeron crashed to the ground, crushing burnt trees as he landed
42. It began to advance on Galinda, keening and hissing and making a noise that sounded like a baby trying to growl
43. Dal had just finished a long climb to crest a high ridgeline when the keening wail reached her ears, and a white fury flashed in her heart
44. A low keening wail started from the pit of his belly, his muscles cramping and twisting and flinching as the howl made its way up his windpipe and out through his clenched teeth
45. It took her awhile to realize the high keening cries reverberating in her ears were coming from her
46. She cringed when she heard the loud keening cry of a female from somewhere inside the building
47. He let out a low keening wail as he slid to his knees, pressing his cheek against my stomach
48. Her keening cry was lost in his mouth as Rafael claimed
49. The sound they make is a keening sound that
50. My head sunk down as I sobbed out on a keening wail, “I’ve killed my brother! It’s all my fault! If I……”
1. would have gone weak in his keens, faced with such a daunting