Sentence examples of "vor langer Zeit" in German with translation "long ago"

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Das war vor langer Zeit gebaut. This was built since long ago.
Wale, sagt man, haben vor langer Zeit an Land gelebt. Whales are said to have lived on land long ago.
Vor langer Zeit lebten in Indien ein Affe, ein Fuchs und ein Hase freundschaftlich zusammen. Long long ago in India, a monkey, a fox, and a rabbit lived happily together.
In der kleinen Stadt, die vor langer Zeit aufgegeben wurde, scheint die Zeit stehengeblieben zu sein. The small town, abandoned long ago, seems frozen in time.
Tom hat vor nicht allzu langer Zeit eine Kamera gekauft. Tom bought a camera not too long ago.
Jemand der vor nicht allzu langer Zeit dachte er hätte Kontrolle über etwas, liegt plötzlich regungslos in einer Holzkiste. Und wenn alle um ihn herum sehen, dass solch eine Person keinen Nutzen mehr hat, verbrennen sie ihn in einem Ofen. One who not long ago thought he had control over something is suddenly lying motionless in a wooden box, and when everyone around sees that such a person is no longer good for anything, they simply burned him up in an oven.
Vor langer, langer Zeit lebte ein alter Mann in einem Dorf. Long, long ago, there lived an old man in a village.
Vor langer, langer Zeit lebten ein alter Mann und seine Frau. Long, long ago, there lived an old man and his wife.
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