They asked not to be identified, but told typical stories.

I always find this weird, but actually it's a typical story.

"It was a typical story of the time," she said.

It is a fairly typical story of a spirit's entry.

A third typical story of this period deals with a cipher message for Thomas.

This is not a typical story of a fringe student trying to keep his head above academic water.

It was described as "a typical Australian story of mining life in the back blocks"

It is a typical story which illustrates the prejudices of human nature in general.

She described the video as a "typical adolescent story in Western cultural terms".

The novel is (or should be) deeper and more complex than the typical short story.