Translation for "sei der fall" to english

Sei der fall

• be the case
• was the case

Translation examples

was the case

Damals hoffte ich, das sei der Fall und sie wäre imstande, diese, so sie denn existierten, tatsächlich zu finden.
I was hoping that was the case this time and she might find it, if it existed.

Er schien eine Menge Schweigen wettmachen zu wollen und bemerkte tatsächlich lachend, dies sei der Fall.
He seemed to be trying to make up for lots of silence, and actually hinted, laughing, that such was the case.