Possessives

• dream: It's the stuff of a madman's dreams!

Converse of object

• stop: Peter must use all the powers at his disposal to try to stop this diabolical madman in his octagonal tracks.

• call: In fact the only trouble we had was when he let a madman called Harris drive, who managed to overheat everytime.

• like: He rushed at him like a madman, and a desperate struggle ensued, which lasted some considerable time.

• know: HAMM: I once knew a madman who thought the end of the world had come.

• say: The ladies rushed into the smoking room saying a madman was in the Pullman.

Adjective modifier

• dangerous: My uncle was a dangerous madman, if you will, but he was not cruel and base as I had feared.

• poor: God will not condemn the soul of a poor madman.

• Iranian: Only a few blogs ( and almost no mainstream media ) have realized the truth about Iranian madman Ahmadinejad's letter to President Bush.

• lone: Instead, the story becomes one of fugitives chased across the desert by a lone madman, bent on revenge.

Modifies a noun

• burst: Most telling are the final sentences, when he writes, " The madman bursts into tears, and swears it is all true.