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Discover LudwigThe phrase "once getting" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to indicate a single event or action that occurred in the past, similar to the phrase "after getting". Here is an example: "Once getting settled into her new apartment, Julia realized she had forgotten to buy groceries."
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With all this weather happening at once, getting dressed is proving tricky.
As Don Giovanni, "I remember once getting a piece of chicken that really was roadkill," he said.
I remember once getting a hole in my ankle against them that needed stitching and ending up in hospital afterwards.
Once, getting into a fight with a boy who spit in his face, Carl became so enraged that he started banging his opponent's head on a staircase.
But he does feature once: getting it in the neck from Lord Powell, who was Thatcher's foreign affairs adviser, for falling victim to something called "inquiry-itis".
But Dunne began drinking heavily and taking drugs, once getting arrested at an airport in front of two of his children.
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I once got to handle some.
Once got to page 200.
He once got me Henry Miller".
But here O'Neill, for once, got lucky.
The note I once got from James Gandolfini.
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