1.   Mr Loveitt was sitting behind an elegant mahogany desk.

2.   Sam Fermoyle sank uneasily into the leather chair beside the mahogany desk.

3.   Senators sit in big armchairs at mahogany desks and bat around millions of dollars.

4.   There was a green-shaded lamp on his mahogany desk, and a small white Olympia typewriter.

5.   The blue eyes regarded her across the stretch of mahogany desk.

6.   Being as old-fashioned as I am, she is not comfortable with yard clothes and sneakers behind a mahogany desk.

7.   He presented her with a mahogany desk decorated with gilt bronze mounts.

8.   Kerry asked Tuesday, standing at his mahogany desk in the Senate chamber.

9.   Most owners are thought of as shadowy figures who sit in dark offices behind big mahogany desks smoking imported cigars and checking the stocks ticker between innings.

10.   Narrow hallways linking private offices with room for a mahogany desk and Oriental rug are out.