Examples of 'there were once' in a sentence

Meaning of "there were once"

This phrase is used to talk about a past situation or occurrence that no longer exists or is no longer true. It implies that something happened or was true in the past, but it is no longer the case

How to use "there were once" in a sentence

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there were once
If there were once any external propulsion units.
Within the tower there were once two bells.
There were once rumors about you retiring.
Did you know there were once ads.
There were once several small coal mines.
Apparently there were once tigers.
There were once poor farmers in that village.
It was so named because there were once a large number of cows in the area.
There were once nearly double that number.
Legend has it that there were once ten suns in the sky.
There were once over the war began.
And during the last few days there were once again.
There were once two teenagers and a child.
There are patches of mangrove throughout the region and there were once much more.
There were once a man and woman.

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From the outside, you can see there were once four different adjacent houses.
There were once lemurs as big as gorillas.
Before smartphones arrived to existence, there were once different gadgets which were used for communication.
There were once a pair of wolfhounds here.
The name suggests that there were once four stones, but now there is only one.
There were once many other shorter stacks beside it.
Would that there were kings in Gondor, as there were once upon a time.
There were once thousands of people living on the islands.
Who were travelling along a lonely, There were once three brothers.
There were once three musketeers.
It currently has thirty open National Rail stations, though there were once well over a hundred.
There were once two orders of heroes.
If I am not mistaken, there were once docks here for passenger boats.
There were once great and powerful cultures.
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao stands where there were once shipyards, warehouses and wharves.
There were once two parents with a little secret.
Every group comprises eight deities, there were once 24 gods listet.
There were once some hanging houses.
Formerly, as with the rest of Vietnam, there were once numerous wild animals.
There were once three large monasteries in the village.
From the mid 19th century, there were once again Jewish families living in Kirn.
There were once four learned and accomplished men.
The LFM preserves 79 images, though there were once more.
In the village there were once several noble mansions.
There were once who tried.
Even in Montana, where there were once 30 clubs, there are now only five.
There were once two camps.
Factories where there were once useless forests and wetlands.
There were once these two brave and honourable soldiers.
Where there were once words.
There were once two painters.
It is likely that there were once images of these apostles in the doorways.
There were once two cousins.
Old maps show that there were once three buildings at this location.
There were once two brothers who were constantly quarrelling and.

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