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covertly
1. (Covertly, and through
2. How on earth was he going to explain this scene? He covertly moved his leg to try to cover up his nakedness
3. Steve discovered that you have been using the Hesperian’s systems to communicate covertly with Earth
4. The signal had been sent so covertly not even the occupants would necessarily have been aware of its transmission, using modulated tachyon pulses
5. When they use the term ‘friends of children’ for those that do evil to them, the monsters are trying to covertly instill in people that to be friend of children is a bad thing
6. " He made no response, and she thought, He's staring at me again—have I got a button loose? She covertly glanced down at her blouse but all seemed secure
7. Friendly? Or did he want to be more than a friend? Sally's warnings, Doris's nasty predictions—had she become vulnerable? Was he covertly insinuating himself into her defenses?
8. They send our ship false messages and when the false messages are repeated back to them, they can covertly determine our position so the Harbinger can out-maneuver us indefinitely
9. When Hu Lyang, shot and wounded Jenni - Rory bumped into the steel cart - he spotted the “Semtex”, which he covertly picked up, palmed and - re-inserting the arming wire - dropped it into one of the toggle bags of money
10. Whether overtly or covertly stated, it is apparent that the mother has failed
11. As the knight turned away, the general covertly motioned to the five royal squires, and when they had followed him in, he drew the flap closely
12. covertly or otherwise through the use of deceit)
13. covertly however even massacres aren’t big stories in the
14. “Look at the couple on that table,” said Stan covertly during a lull in the conversation
15. The roofs of those houses were all occupied by Taliban fighters pouring continuous fire at the station but what alarmed Nancy was the sight of a large group of extremists that had covertly approached the station and was lined up directly against the foot of the perimeter wall
16. A smaller group of Taliban fighters that had decided more wisely to do a flanking move along the northern side of the main road was followed covertly by Nancy, who shot down one by one the extremists of that group, appearing only long enough to shoot, then disappearing into the night
17. He narrowed his eyes, cleared his throat and scratched his chin, covertly shaking his head
18. “This is the ROYAL SOVEREIGN, covertly filmed from above while sitting on its landing pad near London in 3386 ‘B’
19. chastised and dismissed both casually and covertly
20. While still covertly hovering above him, he then glided the blade against the back of Chris's calf, drawing a small stream of blood, unbeknownst to him
21. Some openly, some covertly
22. She looked back in the direction of the hotel and saw several men running after them as covertly as they could, darting towards cover as they found it
23. But, covertly, many of them conspired against the Axis; realising that the only chance of liberating their country was through an Allied victory
24. At about the same time, another fourteen similar special forces teams were being inserted covertly along the China-Vietnam border, near the roads and trails that could be used by the enemy invasion force poised just a few kilometers from the teams inside China
25. They all took some ecstasy and snorted some more cocaine and Charles covertly slipped some Viagra into his mouth
26. Numerous teams of American Rangers and of British commandos had already been inserted covertly by helicopter during the night and dropped within easy marching distance of their objectives both West and East of the Rhine, with large groups of bombers flying overhead on low altitude strike missions meant mostly to drown out the noise of the helicopters flying nap of the Earth
27. He drifted from coast to coast, until covertly returning to Citadel City eight years later
28. "We were part of a team that repeatedly travelled covertly to Honduras and
29. why we felt it was necessary to utilize Perez covertly
30. I’ll need a chap down there to work the laser range finder, so I need to know whether the Irish authorities have been told to expect the big bang, or whether we shall be acting totally covertly
31. NED) said: ‘A lot of what we do today was done covertly 25 years
32. Given the resourcefulness he had displayed so far, Athash had no doubt either him or one of his agents would be covertly watching the entire proceedings
33. and covertly insult him
34. Should you question the survivors of every terrorist act committed anywhere in the world in the past century, asking who it was that helped their attackers with money, military and/or governmental support, the ability to purchase weapons and the means to commit terrorism, who do you think they would name, almost without exception? The United States of America, that’s who! Whether done in an official capacity, covertly or overtly, or by way of the greed of American business interests or even just the normal business of organized crime syndicates, America bankrolled and profited by them all
35. ” The actress kept hold of his hand and covertly caressed the palm of his hand with her thumb, soothing his anxiousness
36. Jack would back the vehicle to the penthouse’s service elevator, and give the appearance of loading office supply boxes into the back of his SUV, with Gerry’s help, and under cover of these boxes, they could smuggle Kathy into the car, while the other two would covertly slide into the back seats of the vehicle at the same time
37. Joel, Conrad, and the others concurred, as they all covertly glanced at Kathy (who was still huddled on the couch, with her face buried in the crook of Joel’s shoulder, snuffling and heaving shuddering sighs as her tears subsided) with concerned eyes
38. Conrad glanced over at her, covertly studying his patient, to see how she was faring, and smiled inwardly when he noted the way his friend was acting around the petite brunette
39. As Tanya perched on her chair, luxuriously extending her long shapely legs to exhibit them to their best potential, she covertly returned her gaze to the man, watching with a hidden smile as he awarded a gangly but handsome man in his early thirties, attired in a ridiculous bow tie and plus fours, an award for his exceptionally bad play on the golf course
40. covertly about inside the huge building
41. Now and then he looked covertly at his watch as if he expected someone who was late and he wondered if anything could be amiss
42. As they drove to the house, David covertly studied Kate
43. Roger and Marc’s remains were removed from their country house late the following morning, and covertly taken to the main forensic laboratory in Chania
44. approach is rampant, covertly if not overtly
45. agency’s window, or finding out that your chief minister had covertly
46. Here the lecture began, but Jo heard very little of it, for while Professor Sands was prosing away about Belzoni, Cheops, scarabei, and hieroglyphics, she was covertly taking down the address of the paper, and boldly resolving to try for the hundred-dollar prize offered in its columns for a sensational story
47. Bloom assented covertly to Stephen's rectification of the anachronism involved in assigning the date of the conversion of the Irish nation to christianity from druidism by Patrick son of Calpornus, son of Potitus, son of Odyssus, sent by pope Celestine I in the year 432 in the reign of Leary to the year 260 or thereabouts in the reign of Cormac MacArt (died 266 A
48. The fact that Khapahr was moving so carefully and covertly that Nahrmahn had almost missed it entirely, despite the close surveillance under which Owl kept Earl Thirsk, suggested that whatever he was up to was something he definitely didn’t want the Inquisition or Thirsk’s political enemies to know about
49. But Scarlett never lost the old feeling that he was watching her Rhett never deviated from his smooth, imperturbable manners, even in their most covertly, knew that if she turned her head suddenly she would surprise in his eyes that
50. Would he hate her now, her darling honorable Ashley, because she had shamed him? Of course he would hate her now—now that they had both been saved by the indignant her voice as she crossed the glassy floor to slip her arm through Scarlett’s and face the squaring of Melanie’s thin shoulders and the love and outspoken trust which had been in curious, malicious, covertly hostile crowd
