Sentence examples for were once to from inspiring English sources
His movies were once, to him and to some of us, more than a hobby.
The yards on the river Clyde were once to shipbuilding what Silicon Valley is to tech.
And yet, I feel that if the Americans were once to taste good football — for, you must admit, it's not a complicated game to catch on to — they'd go wild about it.
They were once to top dog in terms of film sales and now that film has dried up — and they can't seem to get a grip on the consumer market — they need an out.
These anthropically modified faunal samples could therefore relate to a very ephemeral Middle Paleolithic occupation of the cave interior, the archeological remains of which were once to be found in layer 3 deposits of squares L-M12.
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.
Species were once thought to keep to themselves.
They were once thought to be protists but are now known to be fungi [ 10].
Refunds were once thought to be unlikely.
Some of the participants were once unable to address strangers.
