I once waited for three days at the airport.
Once within she waited silently until her eyes became accustomed to the dim light.
Once inside he waited until his eyes grew accustomed to the darkness within, then found the stairs and climbed to the upper levels.
Troll once waited at home all day for a friend to come over and spend the night, but the girl never showed up.
I waited once fifteen years to get even with a man who'd done me an injury.
But when he did he saw at once the two men waiting just out of sight.
Jewel, since the day we met, you have never once waited around for me to understand anything.
I once waited two hours in a doctor's office.
"I once waited on her as a young man," he says, "and believe me: my plates, they shake."
"But the next generation, they forget so easily that the parents were once waiting for a truck to get a job."