रात थी

it was night

→ रात
phrase Uncommon #5,768
it was night थी is the past-tense form of “to be” used with रात, a feminine noun. In sentences with a describing word, the phrase means “it was a … night.”
HI: कल बहुत ठंडी रात थी।
EN: It was a very cold night yesterday.

ठंडी रात थी वह।

It was a cold night.

रात थी।

It was night.

ठंडी रात थी।

It was a cold night.

बड़ी रात थी।

It was a long night.

वह मेरे जीवन की सबसे लंबी रात थी.

It was the longest night of my life.

— The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

क्या रात थी!

What a night!

— Jab We Met (2007)