" is a complete sentence in simple past tense. "The bus breakdown" (the breakdown of the bus) could be the subject of the sentence, or even the object, but there's no verb. The bus breakdown caused us considerable inconvenience.
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Anonymousthe bus broke down or the bus breakdown which is correct"The bus broke down." is a complete sentence in simple past tense.