I learnt that the house had formerly been an inn.
我得知这座房子以前是家客栈。
Formerly, the relations between a teacher and his pupils were dominated by fear on the part of the pupils
以往的师生关系主要是学生惧怕老师。
He was formerly a worker, but now he is a manager of a shop.
他曾经是个工人，可现在他是一家商店的经理。
This formerly inaccessible place can now be reached by road and rail.
这里过去是穷乡僻壤，现在铁路公路都畅通了。
Formerly he often lingered about [ around] a park, doing nothing.
从前他时常在公园里逛荡，无所事事。