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были v stresses
gram.	det fanns (аналог англ. оборотов "there was/there were" Alex_Odeychuk)
бывший prtc.
gen.	ex-; tidigare (Alex_Odeychuk)
был v
gram.	det fanns (аналог англ. оборотов "there was/there were": Det fanns en läkare på båten. – На лодке был врач. Alex_Odeychuk)
быть v
gen.	vara
была v
gram.	det fanns (аналог англ. оборотов "there was/there were" Alex_Odeychuk)
Russian thesaurus
быв. abbr.
abbr., survey.	бывший
бывш. abbr.
abbr.	бывший

были : 79 phrases in 23 subjects

Business style	3
Commerce	1
Communications	3
Construction	1
Contextual meaning	2
Cooking	1
Databases	1
Electrical engineering	1
Environment	1
Food service and catering	1
General	47
Grammar	2
Historical	2
Hotel industry	1
Ice hockey	1
Information security and data protection	1
Information technology	2
Internet	1
Law	1
Linguistics	2
Microsoft	2
Programming	1
Technology	1