Sentence examples for was once to from inspiring English sources

Was once to be in a pretty big band called The Beatles? Also in Wings?

To lose someone was once to be swept into a flurry of rituals.

Ferguson's ambition was once to "knock Liverpool off their f****** perch".

The "big society", which was once to be his governing theme, is rarely heard of these days.

You might remember, though, that the very point of the Pythons was once to elude such pigeonholes.

To finish school or university in America was once to be graduated from Harvard, a usage that peaked around a century ago.

Schmeissneria (Stachyopitys) was once thought to be related to conifers [ 25, 26].

RPE65 was once thought to be peripherally anchored to the ER by reversible post-translational palmitoylation.

Similar to asthma, IPF was once thought to be driven by chronic inflammation.

Thurber was once home to 10,000 people.

He was once "linked" to Princess Eugenie.