Sentence:  In fact , they went so far as to caution the writer that if he attempted to design a section exclusively for married students there should <WSD>be</WSD> , at the beginning , some `` hind sight '' study ; but they all hastened to add that certainly less time was needed on it than presently spent . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  happen, occur, take place; this was during the visit to my parents' house"