once before

They have said the same thing more than once before.

He bad looked down at her once before, not so very long ago.

Once before, he had gone away for a month and then come back.

She had done the same thing once before, in a different way.

A wife and two children were taken from him once before.

The same question, in different words, had been asked of him once before.

I'd like to read through the play once before we leave today.

You know I've only been up here at the college once before.

I've been out here once before, on research for the book.

We gave him leave to speak his mind once before.

A voice came from behind me and I'd heard it once before.

This had I done once before in another place and time.

I took it out of here once before, you know.

He had gone down there once before, in his old body.

It seems she left him once before over some woman.

She had heard a sound like that only once before.

I have seen only once before when my brother become man.

The position after move 11 had only been played once before.

I have only ever been in love once before - with my wife.

They all had to be worked at once before the door opened.

A nice man I had met more than once before.

They had set upon him once before and looked ready to do so again.

Once before I had heard words out of a wall or the air.

He had seen them fight once before, but that was long ago.

Had indeed people of my own kind once before come this way?