Examples of 'there was once' in a sentence

Meaning of "there was once"

This phrase is commonly used to introduce a story or narrative, indicating that a particular event or situation happened in the past or is part of history

How to use "there was once" in a sentence

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there was once
There was once a man who planted a vineyard.
That building over there was once a drugstore.
There was once a thriving coven in this area.
Just chaos where there was once order.
There was once peace between our lands.
It looks like there was once a village here.
There was once a king who was very lonely.
I believe that there was once a conspiracy.
There was once a mother who was submerged in sorrow.
As you can see there was once a bridge.
There was once a stupid little girl.
In the stool there was once a time.
There was once an almshouse and poor farm.
A story has it that there was once a woman minister.
There was once a flax industry in the village.

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On the swamp that there was once.
But there was once end in the beginning.
I just find it so ironic that there was once.
There was once a horse mill in the village.
We begin to construct rigidity where there was once flexibility.
There was once an important granite industry here.
Sounds like there was once.
There was once a healing well in the vicinity.
Sport can create hope where there was once despair.
There was once a girl who was made of junk.
We do not have any evidence that there was once nothingness.
There was once a general store located here.
It is said by the natives that there was once a church here.
There was once a pilgrimage route to the church.
The temple is situated where there was once a paddy field.
There was once a bowling alley in its basement.
It is a strong new indication that there was once an ocean here.
There was once a dark night without a moon.
Obviously it would be nonsense to suggest there was once a fifth elephant.
There was once a wagon load of gold that.
What is left is just a hole where there was once a person.
There was once this article about a band.
Probes and sensors indicate there was once a vast civilisation here.
There was once a great power inside you.
Probes and sensors indicate there was once a vast civilization here.
There was once a city mouse invited a vole.
There is a history that there was once great flooding of this river.
There was once a place where silence reigned.
She knew that there was once some good in him.
There was once a princess who lived in a castle.
Evidence of collapsed pingos in an area suggests that there was once permafrost.
There was once a sky full of stars.
It is crossed by a wooden footbridge where there was once probably a drawbridge.
There was once a prince who wanted to be a tiger.
May no one be left behind simply because there was once an ahead.

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