It was downright stunning the way A.J. Burnett threw a no-hitter for the Florida Marlins on Saturday night, keeping the host San Diego Padres off balance but not exactly off the bases in a 3-0 victory.
Even doing one-off spectaculars has not exactly paid off in the past.
The gloves have not exactly come off in the Democratic nominating contests.
While it's an exciting premise, it didn't exactly pay off in the premiere episode, which indicated that Murphy and co have settled on a show-within-a-show concept.
The freemium model hasn't exactly taken off in the traditional social networking market.
Although you could argue that QR codes haven't exactly taken off in terms of being marketing vehicles, at least consumer awareness about these codes is there now.
It's like a crap DJ switching between two completely unrelated records; both are fine if you're on hold to the council about your bins, but it's not exactly take-your-top-off-in-the-club stuff.
When the record resumes, the actors pick up exactly where they left off, in mid-song.
Soon after, flanker Peter O'Mahony was following O'Connell off in exactly the same fashion – his injury unknown.
On Monday, 24 million people watched Evan end up exactly where he left off in the previous episode, still musing over choosing Sarah or Zora, the substitute teacher.
