they had thought
-avaient réfléchi
Past perfect they conjugation of think.
In the host parishes and in the youth ministry centre, they had thought of the smallest details and the arrivals were really expected.
Dans les paroisses d’accueil comme au centre de la pastorale des jeunes, il avait fallu penser aux moindres détails et les jeunes étaient vraiment attendus.
We would have been able to show the lobbyists that something which they had thought was completely impossible at the time - I put that on record at the reading here - was actually possible.
Nous aurions dû aussi montrer aux lobbyistes que ce qu'ils considéraient autrefois comme totalement impossible - je l'ai prouvé à l'occasion par des documents - est possible.
At UNMIBH, OIOS reviewed investigations conducted by United Nations civilian police and found that women had been brought to the mission area for what they had thought was legitimate employment.
Dans le cas de la MINUBH, le BSCI a découvert, en reprenant l'enquête menée par la police civile des Nations Unies, que des femmes avaient été amenées dans la zone de la Mission sur la promesse d'un travail légal.
A careful check of the motherboard showed that it wasn't burnt out as they had thought.
Un examen minutieux de la carte mère a montré qu'elle n'était pas grillée comme ils le pensaient.
They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
Ils avaient pensé avec quelque raison qu'il n'est pas de punition plus terrible que le travail inutile et sans espoir.
They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
Ils avaient pensé avec quelque raison qu’il n’ya pas de punition plus terrible que le travail inutile et sans espoir.
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