He was opposed to doing it, but excited by the idea.

Why are you so threatened by the idea that people get a helping hand from us through the state?

Perhaps young women, new to money and social position, don't feel restricted by earlier ideas of taste.

He seemed eager but a little troubled by the idea.

I'd always been put off volunteering by the idea of having to pay a company to work for nothing, but this was free.

He sounded pleased by the idea - but still not quite like himself.

And excited by the idea of not fleeing from the house.

Are you bored by the idea of politics in theatre?

The developers were put off, it now seems, by the idea of a large opera house.

I'm not going to face these artists, and you have to stand by certain ideas.