What once merely caused a serious injury would now be considered a homicide.
"You once caused the downfall of my father," he jeered.
It was one of those scenes that once in a while causes even the most bitter sports fan to crack a smile.
A crow once caused my veracity to be called into question.
And get yourself killed quietly someplace so there will be an end to the trouble you cause once and for all.
Trying to do the right thing had once again caused him to do the wrong one.
He sometimes loses his temper, which once caused him to crash into the back wall of the shed.
These run-ins once caused him to resign as mayor, and continue to damage his political reputation.
He has acted against us all once and almost caused our deaths.
It said he was a man "whose early success in the film industry once caused him to be described as one of Hollywood's baby moguls."