Sentence examples for worked only once from inspiring English sources

To top this off, Mr. Roh is almost completely lacking experience in international affairs and has worked only once in the executive branch, as maritime affairs minister.

And we're doing so because the argument that Obama made on behalf of Geithner – there's just no time to waste – was an argument that worked only once.

Back in the mid-90s England were playing up to eight average all-rounders, but that worked only once - in Sharjah in 1997 - and in the end quality will out and we are still not playing our best players.

I tried this many times but it worked only once, the women were always careful to ensure that they weren't visible from outside, hiding behind the door.

"The only problem, the explosion indicator, it works only once".

These latecomers have received scant support, evidence that this kind of thing can work only once.

Needless to say, a stunt like that will work only once, though for some, once is enough.

In their view, they said, 'What's the point in getting rid of it?' " Barrett, a major league umpire since 1994, said he could remember the move working only once in a major league game.

But I was able to get this trick to work only once after many tries.

MDC's insistence on the regularity of mechanisms is abandoned, for example, to accommodate mechanisms that work only once or that work irregularly (Skipper and Milstein 2005; Bogen 2005; see also Section 2.1.2 below).

It is something that will work only once, much like selling an old watch.