Preposition: for

• gain: Such is the end of all who are greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.

• money: They must not be liars, heavy drinkers, or greedy for money.

• power: The brahmin was then a king who was very greedy for power.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: A grain of anger or a grain of suspicion produces strange acoustical effects, and makes the ear greedy to remark offense.

• get: But I'd hate for the club to implode just because we got a bit too greedy.

Modifies a noun

• bastard: It's the greedy bastards at the top who are killing the smaller cubs.

• bugger: Mike Hick -- Monday, 26 September 2005, at 12:38 p.m. Re: Greedy Buggers!

• algorithm: The broken schedule is then reconstructed by means of a greedy algorithm, using the weight distribution derived by the GA.

• landlord: These moves ease the public sector borrowing burden in a way that cannot be attacked for selling off assets to greedy landlords.

• pig: You don't have to be a ' greedy pig ' to fight for your dues.

• capitalist: Who is forcing through GM crops because of pressure from greedy corporate capitalists who donât care about the environment, just money and control.

Modifying Another Word

• too: However, do not be too greedy, I prefer to sell 10 items at £ 2 than 2 items at £ 10.

• plain: And those of us not of broom handle stature are lazy, uneducated or just plain greedy.

• so: She sings, I wish my life was a little less seedy / Why am I always so greedy?

• very: It is about a very greedy council getting even more greedy.

• just: A lot of debate around shoplifting revolves around whether people are just greedy, or are they genuinely needy.

Used with adjective complement

• get: Now we're getting greedy, how about a 12th?

• become: Heads of law schools will need to become more greedy!

• feel: Or if you're feeling really greedy why not buy four games and get three games free.