Je was op zoek naar: there was a delay in the race (Engels - Latijn)

there was a moon
luna fuit

then there was a beautiful child in the court
erat tum in regia pulcher puer et cum tarquinii liberis vivebat

there was a big gold star on the door.
magna stella aurea supra ianuam erat.

"there was no fifth in the village."
“quintus non erat in villa.”

and there was a time before
ac fuit antea tempus

there was not a walk in the garden in the village of metella
metella non erat in villa in horto ambulant

there was a wretched gladiator in the town, capua, the appian way
socios convocavit et narravit: “romani sunt mail”

on the table there was a cat.
super mensam feles erat.

in that river there was a bridge
ibi praesidium ponit

my grandfather was a soldier in the war.
avus meus miles per bellum erat.

i know that there was a big church here.
scio magnam ecclesiam hic fuisse.

there was a pool with silvery bright water
fons erat

there was a division therefore again among the jews for these sayings.
dissensio iterum facta est inter iudaeos propter sermones ho

there was a man sent from god, whose name was john.
fuit homo missus a deo cui nomen erat iohanne

there was a great assembly from the soil, the good is ready for the supper,
cena magna ab agricola bono parata erat

and elijah went to shew himself unto ahab. and there was a sore famine in samaria.
ivit ergo helias ut ostenderet se ahab erat autem fames vehemens in samari

and the third day there was a marriage in cana of galilee; and the mother of jesus was there:
et die tertio nuptiae factae sunt in cana galilaeae et erat mater iesu ib

and there was a man of mount ephraim, whose name was micah.
fuit eo tempore vir quidam de monte ephraim nomine micha

and at midnight there was a cry made, behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
media autem nocte clamor factus est ecce sponsus venit exite obviam e

taunts they would hearken unto the centurion, there was a clamor that no one russa
taunts erat clamor ut nemo russa centurioni audiret