there was

Mane (Îngilîzî)

simple past singular of there be

there be

Of the specified thing: to exist, physically or abstractly.

Zêdetir bixwîne

Hevwate

there is

there were

there are

Werger

haviam

havia

Hevok

There was a long silence .

Bêdengiyek dirêj hebû.

There was no other baggage .

This was reported to be because there was no specific mention of Russia .

Hat ragihandin ku ev bû ji ber ku ne diyariyek taybetî ya Rûsyayê bû.

So there was no pressure to demolish old buildings to put new ones at their place .

Ji ber vê yekê zext tune ku avahiyên kevin hilweşand da ku yên nû li cîhê xwe bixin.

Consequently , there was no serial production .

There was rude and uproarious bawling of music hall ditties .