His excuse was the brief case which he had brought with him.

He didn't even care to leave his brief case and call for it tomorrow.

He set his brief case on the table and waited.

"And there was a brief case with some other stuff in it that you brought?"

A man who carried a brief case under his arm as so many business men do.

His brief case lay on the bed all ready to go.

All I want is to get this brief case back to where it'll be of some use.

Now I'm giving you an order about this brief case.

It's no job for one man with a brief case.

He took a piece of paper from his brief case.