When you are complimented on your dish mutter something about it not being as good as usual because the oven was off, your usual ingredients were not available or you were short on something.
But she is up to no good, as usual.
Maine said his fastball was not as good as usual.
But from 10 miles in, my energy was just not as good as usual.
I've been watching the whole of the last season which is spectacularly good as usual.
The friend turns out to be the waitress's mother, Philomena Lee (Judi Dench, even more staggeringly good than usual).
"It was as good as usual, Mama," and she put her arms around Miss Agatha and kissed her cheek and left.
As for his sailors: "The fire from the forts was heavy and rapid, but was replied to with such spirit that the aim of the enemy was not so good as usual".
Leaving, she can't wait to get back to her family in St . Petersburg "Thank God," she thinks, "tomorrow I'll see Seryozha and Alexei Alexandrovich, and my good and usual life will go on as before".
The cloak of secrecy fueled speculation that Manning could be unavailable -- or at least not as good as usual -- when the season starts and that the Colts could slip out of the league's upper echelon.
