Example sentences of "[vb past] his enthusiasm for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like other intellectuals of his time , such as Isaac Newton , he retained his enthusiasm for investigating curious phenomena . |
| 2 | Herbert caught his enthusiasm for the idea . |
| 3 | It was his next appointment in March 1904 , to the embassy in Constantinople , which fired his enthusiasm for the Middle East and settled the subsequent course of his brief but eventful life . |
| 4 | Clearly he is a man who , on the night in question allowed his enthusiasm for sex to overcome normal behaviour . ’ |
| 5 | Kurt Huber , managing director , expressed his enthusiasm for the project by saying , ‘ the Clayton Aniline Company has played its part in the life of this area for well over 100 years … and this is a further demonstration of our continuing support and commitment to the community of East Manchester ’ . |
| 6 | His critics accused his work of lacking in realism , but this did not lessen his popularity with those readers who enjoyed his enthusiasm for romance and adventure . |
| 7 | Another poet , Virgil Teodorescu , combined his enthusiasm for both birthday celebrants , claiming they were ‘ the historical couple whose existence merges with the country 's destiny . ’ |
| 8 | On the Glomar Challenger , and back on shore , Hall met others who shared his enthusiasm for the ocean floor . |
| 9 | He highlighted the importance of a well thought out training programme , and clearly shared his enthusiasm for running and his intentions for Barcelona . |
| 10 | Muni 's interest , however , would have come to nothing if there were not men at the studios who shared his enthusiasm for this potentially explosive subject . |
| 11 | We shall perhaps never know what sparked his enthusiasm for collecting , but is certainly to be thanked for saving the many carriages , vans and carts which would otherwise have been broken up or left to rot . |
| 12 | The Sunday Citizen explained his enthusiasm for the Profumo affair because of a long-cherished personal grudge against Profumo and of having unearthed a juicy scandal by snooping that would have done credit to a divorce detective . |
| 13 | The meeting with British art historian Basil Taylor first fuelled his enthusiasm for collecting British art at a time when this area was greatly undervalued . |