He had been commended for having a memory for technical details, but he was also nervous, nerdy, and eager to please.

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And like most starstruck Hollywood hangers-on, he was exceptionally eager to please.

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They are not rash or abrupt or eager to please.

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He's excruciating, but almost puppy-like he's so eager to please.

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She could see him telling his little jokes, she could see how charming he would seem to the girl, who would be young and bright and eager to please.

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Are subordinates too eager to please superiors?

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Which brings us, unavoidably, to "Leatherheads, " the disappointingly leaden, if eager-to-please attempt by George Clooney, the movie's star and director, to evoke the screwball comedies of Hawks, Cukor and Sturges.

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Put simply, its Europe policy has long consisted of coming up with the ideas, and getting the eager-to-please Germans to pay for them.

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The case filed Friday by the Securities and Exchange Commission tells the tale of how eager a bank was to please a potentially lucrative trading client at the expense of other investors.

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Another scheme, to beef up education programmes in opera and ballet and allow children to learn about writing, performing, making sets and marketing, will also please a government that is eager to see Covent Garden broaden its appeal.

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