1.   Ann was her usual quiet self.

2.   Being ecstatic means being flung out of your usual self.

3.   For the first time Loi was not his usual cheerful self.

4.   He was suffering from a cold and not his usual energetic self.

5.   I hope your health will be back to its usual robust self soon.

6.   Miguel was his usual self and his efficiency left him in fifth place.

7.   Old Chao seemed to be pulling his usual self back on with his sock.

8.   She woke and dressed, spraying on perfume in a manner quite unlike her usual self.