they had got
-étaient devenus
Past perfect they conjugation of get.
It will shock you to see just how far they had got with their plans.
Vous serez choqués de voir jusqu’où ils étaient allés dans leurs plans.
The monks fled, but quickly returned after they had got over the initial shock.
Les moines se sont enfuis, mais passé le premier choc, ils y sont vite retournés.
Unfortunately, I did not ask those three young people where they had got the seeds and I can only speculate that those were the reserves they brought from home.
Malheureusement, je n’ai pas demandé ces trois jeunes où ils avaient acheté ses graines de tournesol, propablement ils les ont prises de chez soi.
They had got everything in order when, on 26 April, the police arrived at his door to take him in for questioning.
Tout était en ordre pour émigrer lorsque, le 26 avril 1938, la police frappe à la porte des Leopoldi et emporte Hermann pour l’interroger.
They had got rid of her as if she were an unwanted weed ruining their garden.
Ils s'étaient débarrassés d'elle comme s'il s'agissait d'une mauvaise herbe indésirable qui gâchait leur jardin.
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