there be句型过去式怎么用?

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there be句型过去式怎么用?
如果要说,这里有一个男人坐在我旁边(过去式).
是该说 There was a man to sit beside me.还是说 There was a man sitting beside me.

there be的过去式是there was/were.There was a man sitting beside me.是正确的表达.用sitting是表状态.