Men in their apparent state had the faculty of seeing things that escaped ordinary observers.

An ordinary observer might have thought it was a trapdoor leading to another room below.

These were not genuine Chinese, though the ordinary observer might have taken them as such.

To an ordinary observer, the statements would have appeared the same.

I've had since to view our relations from the standpoint of the ordinary observer.

An ordinary observer might have believed that it would be impossible to distinguish one car from another of the same model.

To an ordinary observer, the address would have meant nothing.

To an ordinary observer, the task would have seemed hopeless.

The change, unnoticed by ordinary observers, still stood as a signal for those who knew its meaning.

To the ordinary observer, the prospects looked bad for everything but disaster.