Example sentences of "[adv prt] of the ordinary " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have been something out of the ordinary because even a player of his vast experience was affected by it . |
| 2 | This small branch — it has only 42 members — showed that something that is a little ‘ out of the ordinary ’ can prompt a very good public response to Wings Appeal . |
| 3 | But they are nothing out of the ordinary . ’ |
| 4 | I love Betty 's outfits — the clothes I wear have got to be out of the ordinary . |
| 5 | But then , at first glance , Vic was somewhat out of the ordinary . |
| 6 | ‘ Now , this is something really out of the ordinary . |
| 7 | Muhayaa won the Wood Ditton Stakes for newcomers without convincing anyone that he is as yet out of the ordinary . |
| 8 | But in order to convince the public of what it really amounts to , I decided to do something entirely out of the ordinary , that is , to get Wolfgang to write an opera for the theatre . |
| 9 | And — even assuming he could persuade her to drink it — was n't it , well , out of the ordinary to find half a litre of bleach in someone 's stomach ? |
| 10 | As members of a Pathfinder Squadron they were allowed to wear a small brass albatross on their left breast pocket , immediately under their wings , and this was the only indication to anyone outside the RAF that they were in any way out of the ordinary . |
| 11 | Heber 's grants from the federal government for raising IQs totalled in the millions of dollars , much more than the usual federal funding level , and the results he claimed were comparably out of the ordinary . |
| 12 | The soloists in the Concerto ( Derek Han [ piano ] and John Henes [ trumpet ] ) play their parts well enough , but do nothing to make this rather lack-lustre disc into anything out of the ordinary . |
| 13 | He searched the scattered trees that fringed the forest in case an injured rider had struggled to cover , but there was nothing out of the ordinary to be seen . |
| 14 | It conveyed nothing out of the ordinary . |
| 15 | This is something a bit out of the ordinary . |
| 16 | Yet he had somehow established a reputation in political circles as something out of the ordinary . |
| 17 | If an old project uses any component that is eve slightly out of the ordinary it would be advisable to check that it is still available before starting to buy the components . |
| 18 | You may pass her by unnoticed ; her appearance is not out of the ordinary . |
| 19 | And a cooker with a handy second oven for simple weekday meals , or as an extra help with more ambitious meals , is certainly out of the ordinary . |
| 20 | With classy touches like a large glass window in the oven door , glass sides to the Sola grill and a 60 minute ‘ reminder ’ buzzer , that 's something out of the ordinary . |
| 21 | This kind of thing is nothing out of the ordinary . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's only rissoles , I 'm afraid , ’ said Alec , but if I felt a pang of disappointment that the first meal at his house was n't going to be out of the ordinary I was mistaken . |
| 23 | To say that my first game of the new season was out of the ordinary would be a massive understatement — never in 25 seasons of refereeing have I had to learn and interpret 19 law changes and then get to apply them first time up in a game in France between two clubs from England and Scotland ! |
| 24 | While he was careful not to give the impression to the Beavis family that his work was anything out of the ordinary , he nevertheless made sure it was not open to even the most casual glance . |
| 25 | He is , of course , exceptional , but his sharp perception of the way in which teachers orient their expectations of black kids and his response to that perception was by no means out of the ordinary . |
| 26 | This requires a successful I test , with a -20 penalty , for any character who specifically states he is looking for something out of the ordinary . |
| 27 | The RAC said morning rush-hour traffic on the A12 between Great Yarmouth and London was ‘ busy but nothing out of the ordinary ’ . |
| 28 | Therefore , when clients relate their first and subsequent panic attacks , or other symptoms of anxiety and stress , and explain that they were doing nothing out of the ordinary , it is entirely possible that this was the case . |
| 29 | After a master class which included warnings about ‘ unusualness ’ and ‘ surprise qualities ’ from a keen young Frenchman , we could only agree that a taste like unfortified fino sherry was certainly out of the ordinary . |
| 30 | I said he 'd probably have the curtains drawn and the place would smell of joss-sticks , but if she behaved as if nothing was out of the ordinary , all would be fine . |