Once again, he shook his head, kept his face expressionless and his voice very calm, and had a strongly supported alibi ready.

Once Todman thought he had spotted a tank and went down to investigate while Greg covered him.

Once I had a religious emotion.

Once out of the gate they had charged straight up the narrow lane.

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 there had been big glittering rooms where Ulanys bowed and kissed the ladies' hands as they flirted from behind their fans.

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 soldiers from the barracks had to hold the ship from blowing away while Fogg revved the engine and got the tail up.

Once, after the Discovery lay for a week in rough weather, Hudson ordered the anchor raised before the sea had calmed.

Once he had abandoned himself to the very worst, once he had quieted all the dragons of worry and suspense, there wouldn't be very much for Mae to do.

Once, in New York, he had gone flying with some friends in a small private airplane with a single engine.

Once the Old Man had had a wife.

Once the soft, pretty moth found the bright light she had always wanted??

Once before I had been to Paris, long before I married Valery.

Once burned -- scalded, really, because Vivian had given him every encouragement -- forever shy.

Once, like you, I had one head, two hands, ten fingers on my hands.

Once Pan had the audacity to compare his music with that of Apollo, and to challenge Apollo, the god of the kithara, to a trial of skill.

Once again Abd al-Rahman had to be concerned with developments in the Upper March.

Once he had established himself as sole ruler of the Roman state in 30 BC, Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son Augustus inaugurated a strategy of advancing the empire's southeastern European border to the line of the Danube from the Alps, the Dinaric Alps and Macedonia.

Once war had begun, Hitler urged his economic experts to abandon caution and expend all available resources on the war effort.

Once the keys had been pressed they were locked down until mechanical contacts in a distributor unit passed over the sector connected to that particular keyboard, when the keyboard was unlocked ready for the next character to be entered, with an audible click ( known as the " cadence signal ") to warn the operator.

Once again, though, the team's pitching was a glaring weakness, as the staff had an ERA of 6. 02.

Once you learn how to translate Communese, much of each day's deluge of news will become clearer.

Once you become an avocado fan, you will look forward to the season each year with eager anticipation.

Once the adhesive and the adherend are in close proximity, molecular interactions, such as van der Waals forces, become involved in the bond, contributing significantly to its ultimate strength.

Once the Swiss developed their pike squares for offensive as well as defensive use, infantry started to become the principal arm.

Once trees have been removed by fire or logging, infiltration rates become high and erosion low to the degree the forest floor remains intact.

Once he had become established in Rome, he changed his name from Castelli to Borromini, a name deriving from his mother's family and perhaps also out of regard for St Charles Borromeo

* Once such price ceilings become accepted, they could be slowly lowered, eventually driving out the landlords and worsening the problem.

Once vetted, the petition has a limited time to collect enough signatures to become valid and be made into a ballot.

Once an unknown local charity event, the day has recently become controversial, perhaps since a description was published.

Once the hydrogen fuel at the core is exhausted, a star with at least 0. 4 times the mass of the Sun expands to become a red giant, in some cases fusing heavier elements at the core or in shells around the core.

Once considered a passing fad, twin-tip skis have become a staple in the product line of all major ski-producing companies worldwide, with a few specializing in twin tips.

Once an open cluster has become gravitationally unbound, or if a newly formed group of stars fails to form a cluster, the constituent stars will continue to move on similar paths through space.

Once the canyons began processing irradiated slugs, the machinery would become so radioactive that it would be unsafe for humans ever to come in contact with it.

Once they were in operation, drama could become a fixed and permanent rather than a transitory phenomenon.

Once across the Snake River ford near Old Fort Boise the weary travelers traveled across what would become the state of Oregon.

Once that is taken into account, the impossibility theorems become irrelevant.

Once in session, an assembly was to become the highest political authority in each district.

Once the pouches become inflamed it is known as diverticulitis.

Once at this stage, the eggs embryonate and then become infective, a process that occurs in about 15 to 30 days ).

Once pleasure has become a dynamic of power, then it permeates society and politics.

Once every 42 years, when Uranus has an equinox and its equatorial plane intersects the Earth, mutual occultations of Uranus's moons become possible.

Once the song is finished, Frankie says to Cassandra that it is the wrong time to sign her band, causing her to become infuriated with Wayne.

Once Alexander had sliced the knot with a sword-stroke, his biographers claimed in retrospect that an oracle further prophesied that the one to untie the knot would become the king of Asia.

Once a girl reaches puberty, the hymen tends to become very elastic.