I took you for a bright lad, a boy with wit.
Roger was a bright lad with a quick mind and a sense of purpose very much like his father's.
The other thing about Charlie is that he's a bright lad.
Their patient was a very bright lad despite its physically slow reaction times.
It didn't take him long to work out the answer: I told you he was a bright lad.
You must be quite a bright lad to have done so.
I'm getting a bright young lad to carry this to you.
And why has a bright lad like you not gone to the best town?
But the bright lads will have to be their very brightest.
He is a bright lad, and will have this question put to him more than once.