Once, pressing him, I learned that his job was only part-time, in the afternoons when nothing went on in the hall.

Once the door was open, they crowded him inside the dark building.

Once again, Tom Horn was the first and most likely suspect, and he was brought in for questioning immediately.

Once ( this was on the third day of school ) she kneeled down to pick up some books where they'd dropped on the floor and Jack looked up her dress -- at the bare expanse of incredibly white leg.

Once, then -- for how many years or how few does not matter -- my world was bound round by fences, when I was too small to reach the apple tree bough, to twist my knee over it and pull myself up.

Once covertly looking at Simms Purdew, the only man in the world whom he hated, he had seen the heavy, slack, bestubbled jaw open and close to emit the cruel, obscene banter, and had seen the pale-blue eyes go watery with whisky and merriment, and suddenly he was not seeing the face of that vile creature.

Once her trembling hand, with the pen grasped tight in it, was pressed against the paper the words came sharply, smoothly, as authoritatively as they would dropping from her own lips.

Once in a while they said what a shame it was, with Granny dying, but they all agreed she wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

Once the principle was established, the increase in state-owned vehicles came rapidly.

Once the full extent of this Russian military penetration of Cuba was clear, President Kennedy announced we would take whatever action was appropriate to prevent this, even if we had to go it alone.

Once the question of emancipation was settled to Palfrey's satisfaction, he faced a real problem in placing the freedmen in suitable homes as servants.

Once regarded as an agricultural nuisance, psyllium was sold in the 1930's as a mechanical laxative under 117 different brands.

`` Once, when the editor was just out of the hospital from a gallstone operation, Mrs. Calhoun and the mother of the bride went out to his house and fought it out beside his bed.

Once out in the street, the traffic was a gadfly maze in which he wandered stricken.

Once the figure was 30-30.

Once when she asked why he never went swimming and he answered, `` Don't feel like it '', he was tempted to tell her about being scared.

Once again, there was a negative shake.

Once it was, William thought.

They could still read the opening: `` Once, I was like you, stepping out of my window at the end of day, and letting the winds blow me gently toward the place I lived in.

Once his eyesight recovered sufficiently, he was able to study English literature at Balliol College, Oxford.

Once this was over, a massive development cooperation in the field of health and education brought in numerous civil personnel from Cuba.

Once he was firmly established in the Northern March, Albert's covetous eye lay also on the thinly populated lands to the north and east.

Once engaged in combat, however, they must use an action to do so ( called re-attuning on the fly ), which requires a set difficulty they must achieve, or risk losing their turn.

Once engaged in conversation by the mourners, it is appropriate for visitors to talk about the deceased, sharing stories of his or her life.

Once engaged, the battle is to be fought to the finish.

Once engaged in the shipping of coal as its main source of employment, Olyphant experienced a severe downturn in the twentieth century.

The Danish batteries started firing at 10: 05am, the first half of the British fleet were engaged for about half an hour, and the battle was generally over by 11: 30am Once the British line was in place there was very little manœuvring.

Once free, he earned a law degree at Sarajevo University and remained engaged in politics.

Once they engaged in battle, however, after minor losses, the other units were hesitant to assist them, and Liu Xiu killed Wang Xun in battle.

Once the midstream islands were secured, General Kuroki ordered a feint on the lower Yalu River when Japanese gunboats engaged Cossack detachments at the river mouth.

Once they engaged in battle, however, after minor losses, the other units were hesitant to assist them, and Liu Xiu killed Wang Xun in battle.

Once they engaged in battle, however, after minor losses, the other units were hesitant to assist them, and Liu Xiu killed Wang Xun in battle.

Once back in Syria and possessed of ample funds, Maesa engaged in a plot to overthrow Macrinus and place one of her grandsons, Elagabalus son of Julia Soaemias, in his place.

Once the Continent descends into war, Jem Blythe and Jerry Meredith promptly enlist, upsetting Anne, Nan, and Faith Meredith ( who Rilla suspects is engaged to Jem ).

Once the election returns were in, Burnet and Houston engaged in a shouting match, with Burnet calling Houston a "' half-Indian '" and Houston calling Burnet a "' hog thief '".

Once the brake is released the heel need not be engaged with the interlock ( although a professional driver is to cover the brake at all times.

Once the two spacecraft were locked together, the docking ring on the Orbiter Docking System retracted, and a series of hooks and latches were engaged to ensure an airtight seal between the two spacecraft.

; Everyone gets married: Once a woman becomes engaged, she is always engaged to someone.

Once the contract with the Admiralty had been placed he engaged Henry Maudslay to make them, and it is clear the final designs had considerable input from Bentham, Maudslay, Simon Goodrich, ( mechanician to the Navy board ) as well as Brunel himself.

Once it reached them, the vanguard forces engaged in battle, while the rearguard attempted to cross the river by force, using bayonets.

Once the enemy fleet was destroyed the Russians engaged Ottoman shore batteries and destroyed them.

Once La Rue was engaged with the Grande chapelle, he made two trips to Spain.

Once the Derg had gained victory over these groups and successfully fought off an invasion from Somalia in 1977, it engaged in a brutal war between the government and armed groups which included guerrillas fighting for Eritrean independence, rebels based in Tigray ( which included the nascent Tigrayan Peoples ' Liberation Front ), and other groups that ranged from the conservative and pro-monarchy Ethiopian Democratic Union to the far leftist Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party.

Once the cart is engaged, the customer boards the adjacent escalator, which travels in parallel with the Vermaport, to the top of the run.

Once engaged, the sharks sink to the bottom, whereupon the male ( or males ) rotates one of his claspers forward, inflates the associated siphon sac ( a subcutaneous abdominal organ that takes in seawater that is used to flush sperm into the female ), and attempts to make contact with the female's vent.