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.