She tried now and then to catch Elza's eye, but in this she never once succeeded.

It lumbers up and down the runway tirelessly, but never once succeeds in getting both feet off the ground at the same time.

He has relieved in only two save situations, succeeding once and squandering his chance the other time.

But if it once succeeded in doing that, it would turn its attention again to them.

They succeeded once, but the whale beached itself again.

Harrington has attempted to qualify for seven different Indy 500 races but only succeeded once, in his second attempt in 1996.

He tried to beat him since ever, but never once succeeded as Naoki was always the smarter one.

She could fail time and again; she had only to succeed once.

Where 53 percent of applicants for welfare, food stamps and Medicaid once succeeded in getting benefits, according to city records, now only 25 percent do.

They had to succeed just once.