When the waiters had left, shutting the door tightly behind them, the old man went to the altar and bowed once.

The man bowed once, and the light in the bowl winked out.

Heng came across and, bowing once, laid the scroll on the table before him.

They were greeted by a serving girl, thin and nervous, who bowed once, twice.

He bowed once to the shaman and three times to Tappy.

At the end of his brief remarks, he bowed once, slightly, to each flag-draped coffin.

The big man treated them with reverence, once bowing and kissing the feet.

The general bowed once and turned to leave.

Finn bowed once, mockingly, and reached for the cell door.

She laughed, bowed once to Toranaga, and ran off.