there was a
Hubo una redada de drogas en mi casa esta mañana.
There was a drug raid at my house this morning.
No pudo, hubo una alarma y lo llamaron.
He couldn't; there was an alarm and they called him.
— La infancia de Iván (1962)
Hubo una disposición en su testamento para su amante.
There was a provision in his will for his lover.
Hubo una manifestación comunista.
There was a communist demonstration.
— El cartero (y Pablo Neruda) (1994)