They were ordinary people; but their talent made them remarkable, above the common run of women.

These new men are about the common run of captains now.

But the other was forbidden to the common run of men.

Their palace was a bit apart from the common run of zombies, so they had not heard the whistle.

And again this was a trait that elevated him from the common run of men.

Chicken received imaginative treatment, which took it out of the common run.

Whatever is striking in their circumstances comes from the common run of luck, sometimes good, more often bad.

As for the staring man, he possessed features which placed him above the common run.

She was not like the common run of store-girls.

He did not talk of anything that lifted her above the common run of clothes and material success.