Sentence:  Everyone is ambivalent about his profession , if he has practised it long enough , but there <WSD>were</WSD> still moments when he loved the stage and all those unseen people out there , who might cheer you or boo you , but that was largely , though not entirely , up to you . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  happen, occur, take place; this was during the visit to my parents' house"