they had returned
Past perfect they conjugation of return.

return

One evening, they had returned very tired.
Un soir, ils revinrent très fatigués.
On my arrival in London, I discovered they had returned to Cardiff.
En arrivant à Londres, je découvris qu'ils étaient retournés à Cardiff.
After the DNA test, they had returned to their residence in Jaffna and were living at liberty.
Elles étaient ensuite retournées chez elles à Jaffna et vivaient en liberté.
Lastly, she enquired about measures in favour of nursing mothers, especially when they had returned to work.
Enfin, elle voudrait connaître les dispositions prises en faveur des femmes qui allaitent, notamment quand elles ont repris le travail.
As they had returned to find their homes looted and damaged, reconstruction material was a priority need.
Il leur fallait surtout des matériaux de reconstruction car leurs logements avaient été pillés et endommagés en leur absence.
One Caribbean island State was contemplating the introduction of legislation that would require fishing boats to report when they left port and when they had returned.
Un pays des Caraïbes envisageait d'adopter une loi qui obligerait les navires de pêche à signaler leurs sorties en mer et leur retour au port.
Mr. Al-Hadlaq (Saudi Arabia) pointed out that many domestic workers did not seek redress for violations of their rights until they had returned to their countries of origin.
M. Al-Hadlaq (Arabie saoudite) souligne que de nombreux employés de maison ne demandent pas réparation pour la violation de leurs droits avant d'être rentrés dans leur pays d'origine.
If the hijackers were to support some Arabic or Islamic cause, they would probably have been in a stronger position if they had returned to airports with four planes and hundreds of US citizens in their might.
Si les pirates défendaient quelque cause arabique ou islamique, ils auraient probablement été dans une position plus forte, s’ils étaient retournés vers des aéroports avec quatre avions et des centaines de citoyens des E.U. en leur pouvoir.
Furthermore, his family had stayed in Mexico without any apparent difficulties until August 2004, when they had returned to Canada because of the complainant's accident, and not in order to flee from threats or danger in Mexico.
D'ailleurs, sa famille était restée au Mexique sans problème apparent jusqu'en août 2004, date à laquelle ils sont retournés au Canada en raison de l'accident du requérant, et non pas pour fuir des menaces ou des risques au Mexique.
And the apostles, when they had returned, told him all that they had done.
Les apôtres, étant de retour, racontèrent à Jésus tout ce qu`ils avaient fait.
They had returned to their previous life and this suggests the atmosphere of dispersion and bewilderment that prevailed in their communities (cf.
Ils étaient retournés à leur vie d'avant et cela laisse percevoir le climat de dispersion et d'égarement qui régnait dans leur communauté (cf.
They had returned to their previous life and this suggests the atmosphere of dispersion and bewilderment that prevailed in their communities (cf.
Ils étaient retournés à leur vie d’avant et cela laisse percevoir le climat de dispersion et d’égarement qui régnait dans leur communauté (cf.
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