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He seemed a reasonable, affable chap.
He's an affable chap, with a big smile, and one of the nicest puzzlers I know.
Their assumed roles of unstoppable lothario vs affable chap are flipped when it is Brydon who has a one-night-stand with a deckhand.
But Middlesex had Ollie Rayner, off spinner, affable chap and late-season specialist, to thank most for their win, the tall man returning figures of 4-17 in the first innings and 5-85 in the second.
But for the non-aligned, writer-director Rose doesn't make that much of a case for his man, other than to tell us that he's an affable chap who likes the odd spliff, never meant anyone any harm, and had a jolly old time sticking it to the Man in the nicest possible way.
Rocco Buonvino is a frank, affable chap from West Yorkshire ("Italian descent, so I'm half-Italian, half-Bradford") who began as a hairdresser before moving into music promotion, and has since worked with Rod Stewart, the Chemical Brothers and Cliff Richard.
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Fortunately, a couple of other memoirs by New Yorker staffers saw fit to include a picture of the man, who turned out to be an affable, rotund chap, with an unruly swoop of hair.
"We all love him -- terrifically affable sort of chap -- but capable of doing enormous damage".
Gray Joliffe's Wicked Willy cartoons about sum it up; except, unlike Joliffe's affable, happy little chap, the real thing is vicious and unheeding.
Edison's candid and funny film reviews, and his persona as an affable pun-slinging chap who would never wish to be pitied, has led to another kind of fame.
I'm looking at secrets – of the Vatican, briefly, but first Secrets of Bones (BBC4), with Ben Garrod, an affable sort of chap you could easily imagine having a pint with.
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