Sentence examples of "Было" in Russian

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Это было много лет назад. That was years ago.
Всё возможно - было бы желание. Where there's a will, there's a way.
Я не знаю, что было сломано. I don't know what's beeing destroyed.
Ночью в районе было неспокойно. There was a lot of activity in this town last night.
Хорошо было бы иметь руководство. It would help to have a manual.
как бы то ни было be that as it may
Это было бы вдвойне дороже. It would cost twice as much as that.
Это было для него кощунством. That was blasphemy to him.
Как можно было это сделать? How would you do it?
Оно было в моём лице. It was inside of my face.
Дружище, не плохо было бы. Oh, homey, I wish you would.
У меня не было вариантов. There was no way for me to do it.
Зачем ему надо было это делать? And why would we do that?
Было легко найти его контору. Finding his office was easy.
Это должно было повредить яремную вену. That would sever the jugular veins.
Отражения было видно в лужах. Reflections could be seen in the puddles.
Да, отследить ваши шаги было нетрудно. Yeah, won't take long to retrace your steps.
Это было откровением для меня. It was an amazing sort of insight for me.
В чёртовом Вифлееме такого не было. It wouldn't happen in bally Bethlehem.
Тома давно здесь не было. Tom hasn't been here long.
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