Sentence examples for I once failed from inspiring English sources

I once failed to get off a public bus at the right stop and had to call my mother from downtown San Antonio.

(In Davis, California, whose municipal emblem is an old-fashioned big-wheel bicycle, I once failed to put my foot on the ground at a stop sign; a minute later, a police officer on a bicycle was beside me, softly blowing a whistle. The fine was twenty-seven bucks — today it would be a hundred thirty-four).

I am more suspicious of Senator Clinton because as much as I respect her, she has more than once failed the movement.

Sainsbury's once failed to charge me the £50 cashback I'd taken (I only noticed when looking at my bank statements later).

A companion of the Prophet, Jarîr 'Abd Allah said: "Since the time I accepted Islam, the Prophet (peace be upon him) never once failed to notice me.

Thus it was that Jayne, for once, failed to get her oats.

In fact, they have not yet once failed to reach a democratic consensus on any issue.

There in the mountains where the grandfather once failed, the grandson now returns.