As he did not move, I spoke to him more than once.

I only heard him speak once but that was more than enough.

He'd seen the man a few times over the course of years, and had spoken to him once.

Words his father had once spoken came back to him.

He started to speak once or twice, but caught himself each time.

The words were out of him without thought but, once spoken, he felt they might have some truth.

Something better than that little house of which they had once spoken.

He had heard her once speaking to a friend on the telephone.

We've never once spoken of it in all this time.

If the words were spoken once, or even twice, the woman could be taken back.