No. 15,348 in Korean
버스였는데
"It was a bus."
In a sentence
그것은 빨간색 버스였는데, 지금은 파란색으로 바뀌었어요.
It was a red bus, but now it has changed to blue.
버스였는데 is used to indicate a past state (being a bus) with a contrastive nuance.
우리 학교 앞에 항상 있던 버스였는데, 이제 보이지 않아요.
It was the bus that was always in front of our school, but now it's not visible.
버스였는데 indicates the bus' habitual presence in the past, introducing a change.
그분이 타고 갔던 것이 버스였는데, 지금은 택시를 타고 갔어요.
What they rode was a bus, but now they took a taxi.
버스였는데 is used to highlight the change in choice of transportation.
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