You didn't take the usual courses for someone going command track.
"It must be contrary to the usual course of things"
And if you fracture a leg, the usual course of action is to visit a doctor.
No matter what, eventually events would begin to resume their usual course.
But given the usual course of the illness, these citizens will not live to see the cold season.
It changed its usual course and headed for the bay.
The usual clinical course is complete recovery within weeks to months.
Until about 20 years ago, this was the usual course for a popular music.
The programme took its usual course, until it came to news time.
It is not a usual course, but one that we have been forced into against our will.