there was some
There was one.
Je ne savais pas qu'il y en avait à Madrid.
I didn't know there were any in Madrid.
— Femmes au bord de la crise de nerfs (1988)
There were others.
Il y en avait beaucoup d'autres.
There were many others.
There were plenty of them.
Pourtant il y en avait toujours un, un type seul qui la voyait le premier.
Still, there was always one—a lone guy who spotted her first.
— La Légende du pianiste sur l'océan (1998)
There were two of them.
There were some.