Only sheer hard work had earned him a reputation as a ruthless bastard.

They're all ruthless bastards, the London directors: they've got to be.

He was a ruthless bastard with a bloody record.

They've stayed on top mostly because Darko has a reputation for being a totally ruthless bastard.

He might pull the wool over everyone else's eyes, but she knew what a ruthless bastard he was.

But what a ruthless bastard he had turned out to be.

I may be a ruthless bastard, but I am not a coward.

No one ever knew what that blank-faced, conniving, ruthless old bastard was thinking.

He was really meant to be this hard, ruthless bastard.

What a ruthless bastard he was, she found herself thinking, the pain on Stephanie's face touching her despite the other girl's undisguised hatred.