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Covetously

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In a covetous manner

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I'm sitting there watching Lost, when suddenly, the ghost of Koba the Dread is looking covetously at my popcorn.

That figure shot up to 40% overnight, and with Ryanair circling covetously above will only rise further.But there are few positive signs for Eastern Europe's older airlines.

Politicians are therefore looking covetously at Mr Obama's extensive network.

Like threadbare housewives dreaming of American nylons after the war, MPs and others have gazed covetously at the televised primaries, with their drama, diverse candidates and balloons.

That figure shot up to 40% overnight, and with Ryanair circling covetously above will only rise further.

As city-dwellers' mobile needs are satisfied, carriers will no doubt start covetously eyeing the relatively untapped rural market, where they have often feared to tread because of the costs of servicing customers in remote locations across a vast country.

So, noting that schools employ around 30% of the staff in line for compensation, councils are eyeing schools' reserves covetously.

Cash-strapped states look covetously at Indian casinos, which pay fewer taxes than businesses off the reservation.

I even covetously wrote my name in some of them, making the point clear, at least to myself.

Hi's plant foreman comes for a visit, bringing his wife (who's Ed's best friend) and their gang of children; ignoring their own kids, who attack everything in sight, the couple coo over the baby covetously, and plan to steal him.

In the corridors, Henry V covetously fondles the crown of his not quite dead father, and Richard III approaches Henry VI, preparing to strangle him.

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