He was strutting the hall of business when the boss talked to me.
At regular intervals, deafening rock music erupts and the crowd rushes to ogle skimpily clad dancers strutting their stuff.
When we first met on Thursday, Hammond had been strutting his stuff for nine hours. His plan was to continue almost non-stop for the duration of the festival.
Who does he think he is, strutting about the park as if he owns the place?
Now an average of 1000 participants strutting their stuff at Edinburgh Castle are regularly watched on television by millions of people world wide.
Richard was strutting around as if he owned the place.
And then there is the maximalist interpretation, which wants the new EU President to be a high-profile figure, strutting the world stage.
Late one evening he caught his first glimpse of peacock strutting in the yard.
In the same unlit alleyway, Awa Ndiaye was strutting in a dress as tight as cellophane.
But these children are not strutting down the runway with dresses made by famous Indonesian batik designers.
The peacocks were strutting slowly across the garden.
To perform a strutting dance.
