''The Day of the Jackal'' author

Usage examples of forsyth.

It’s the mark of master Forsyth that characters and background information are introduced so cleanly and precisely that impossibly complex events are never confusing, and the story develops its grip so surely it’s almost impossible to put the book down.

Buying people off had become standard Stratton behaviour, but from the way the others had behaved to Forsyth at the Wednesday Board meeting, he had cost them too much.

Keith said as if automatically, 'Keep your stupid mouth shut, Forsyth,' and shook with frustration as much as rage, the dangerous moment defusing into a more general state of continuing hatred.

Ivan's no great businessman, but at least he listens to his manager and goes to Conrad or William… used to go, poor lamb… for advice, and has proper audits… but that know-it-all Forsyth, he went his own way and wouldn't listen to anybody and he bought a huge warehouse on a mortgage and thousands of lawn mowers that were supposed to cut the grass while you sat and watched, but they were already going out-of-date when he signed a contract for them, and also they kept breaking down.

William said Forsyth talked about "cornering the market", which no one can ever do, William said, in anything.

So there is Forsyth with this vast stock he has contracted to buy but can't sell, paying a huge mortgage he can't afford, with the bank bouncing his cheques and Ivan facing having to cover this enormous bank loan… and you can guess what happened.

When you ally those traits with stupidity and arrogance, you get Forsyth and his mowers.

She dragged Tim Forsyth along to a Nike press conference entitled Men Who Fly!

It emerged that, extraordinarily, Forsyth perceived Cathy to be the bigger star of the pair, even though his performance at Barcelona far outranked hers.

When she saw Tim Forsyth his two soft words conveyed all that was needed.

At the high jump, Tim Forsyth paused, as he always does, and saw in Cathy's face, as she battled down the straight, that she was digging deeper and deeper.

By wrapping the club around Freeman, and Steve Moneghetti and Tim Forsyth, MTC became a management and marketing vehicle licensed to negotiate increased revenue for other less famous athletes who came under the MTC mantle.

Nick flew off to the world indoors in Paris with Tim Forsyth and returned a week later, dismayed to find that Fortune had entered Cathy against a rampant Peris-Kneebone over 100m at an Olympic Park interclub.

Appalled, Forsyth noticed that one man was a captain and the other a flight lieutenant.