they had sought
-avaient cherché
Past perfect they conjugation of seek.
The last time (on March 7, 2018), they caught a bandit whom they had sought for a week.
La dernière fois (le 7 mars 2018), on a arrêté un bandit recherché depuis une semaine.
When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
Ils cherchèrent, et ne les trouvant pas, ils retournèrent à Jérusalem.
And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
Ils cherchèrent, et ne les trouvant pas, ils retournèrent à Jérusalem.
They had evidence far greater than any they had sought.
Ils avaient devant eux une démonstration bien plus concluante que celle qu'ils avaient cherchée.
They had evidence far greater than any they had sought.
Ils avaient devant eux une démonstration bien plus concluante que celle qu’ils avaient cherchée.
And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
Et ils les cherchèrent et ne les trouvèrent pas, et retournèrent à Jérusalem.
They were nonplused by his apparent indifference to the honor they had sought to confer upon him.
Ils furent confondus par son apparente indifférence à l’honneur qu’ils avaient pensé lui conférer.
And when they had sought, it was found that Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there.
Ils comptèrent, et voici, il manquait Jonathan et celui qui portait ses armes.
And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
Les ayant donc cherchés, et ne les ayant point trouvés, ils s'en retournèrent à Jérusalem.
In recent years, they had sought to form an elite group that might be able to cope with Bojack, were he to ever threaten them.
Ces dernières années, elles cherchaient à former un groupe d'élite qui serait capable d'affronter Bojack.
Recently, in south Darfur, families of displaced persons were forced, in the middle of the night, to leave the place where they had sought refuge.
Récemment, dans le sud du Darfour, les familles des personnes déplacées ont été obligées de quitter, dans le milieu de la nuit, le lieu où elles avaient cherché refuge.
In the last twenty years along the limit ofancient beach le coastal equipment for the shelter of boats and warehouses where in vain they had sought shelter dozens of residents.
Au cours des vingt dernières années, le long de la limite del'ancienne plage a été trouvé l' équipement côtier pour l'abri des bateaux et les entrepôts où en vain des dizaines de résidents avaient cherché refuge.
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