He did his usual trick of spending all the money he could find.

But it would have gone better if the French hadn't been up to their usual tricks.

I tried all the usual tricks with no results; the car was moribund in one of the approach lanes.

I hoped the office grapevine had done its usual tricks.

And we, my own lover and I, went on with our usual little tricks.

Already he knew that this was no simple code; it had not yielded to any of his usual tricks.

Yet in the speech on Sunday he was still up to his usual tricks.

The old Dutch captain was up to his usual tricks.

"I take it you've tried the usual tricks on her," Murdock said.

Maurice's usual trick of just talking fast until people got confused didn't work on her at all.