we didn't have
We had no other alternative.
We were unsuccessful.
Era un examen tan difícil que no tuvimos tiempo de terminarlo.
It was such a difficult exam that we didn't have time to finish it.
No tuvimos mucha nieve el año pasado.
We didn't get much snow last year.
We didn't get any response.
No tuvimos más alternativa que dejarle el asunto a él.
We had no alternative but to leave the matter to him.
No tuvimos ninguna ayuda de Tom.
We didn't get any help from Tom.
Ocurrió tan de repente que no tuvimos tiempo para reaccionar.
It happened so suddenly that we didn't have time to react.