Gillian bailed early, once discovering that insects were involved: "I have a serious phobia!" she squealed, rather prompting the question of what, precisely, she was expecting.
I remember once discovering dozens of magazines and journals in the house and was convinced that my parents had become the victims of a mail-order scam.
Mr. Rempel, a 56-year-old Mennonite minister, had some false starts, once discovering that a mining company in his portfolio did business with a South American dictator.
Once, discovering herself unexpectedly alone in the studio, she had looked up from her Lilliputian shrines to find that her artist friend had gone home to her husband and son.
"Confidence is fragile but one or two players haven't got to the level they're capable of," said an intensely competitive character who is, for once, discovering that even his beloved table tennis is no longer guaranteed to offer instant relaxation.
Once, discovering that the company was booked to perform in a space without a proscenium arch, Mr. Cunningham decided to arrange a one-off anthology of separate sections of choreography, using costumes and music different from those of their original contexts.
The crew wrote the finale before the season was officially renewed, but deigned to leave it unchanged once discovering that a fourth season had been approved.
Once discovering I'm gay, he insisted my parents must have a problem with that/me (they don't), and couldn't get a reaction out of the machine until he fiddled with the dials a lot.
