So what was Clinton thinking when, not once but several times, she said that there was?
And all this, when not once in my whole married life have I ever wronged my husband, with so much as a gesture or glance at another man!" In August 1909, she reveals a visit from a 30-year-old Romanian, "who had castrated himself at the age of 18 after reading The Kreutzer Sonata.
"However, when mistakes happen not once, not twice, but repeatedly, and when actions are not taken to correct these mistakes within a reasonable period of time, the failure to right the wrong — particularly when the basis for the problem is a months-long violation of an agreed judgment — the excuse of 'mistakes happen' has no credence".
All this is better understood when not closely examined; once a reader gets accustomed, it is only somewhat distracting.
Dylan cried for a few minutes when we left the park, but not once when he fell.
"It was the kind of bullying that most kids who were bullied experienced When you get pushed every day, and when you are ostracized not once, not twice, but years in and out, your perception of reality is distorted These things really do warp your understanding and your perception of humanity in some almost irrevocable way," he said.
So it came as a surprise, returning from hospital with a newborn son, when the doorbell rang not once but twice, revealing neighbours with home-cooked food.
It's hard to see him as a hero when he's plotting (not once, but twice) to have Giustiniana marry a rich old man so they can carry on their affair under the cover of respectability.
Not once, when he learned that he had AIDS, did he say, "Why me?" He felt that same question could be asked of all the wonderful things he enjoyed in life.
It was hard to not feel a tinge of pity for Tiger Woods when he was shooed not once but twice from the USA team photograph at Hazeltine, where he has been tabbed as one of Davis Love III's vice-captains for the Ryder Cup.
You can also upload progress pictures and cry when they never change, not once.
