they had turned
Past perfect they conjugation of turn.

turn

The Dinka were still in love with their cattle, but they had turned in their spears for Kalashnikovs.
Les Dinka aimaient toujours leur bétail, mais avaient troqué leurs lances contre des kalachnikovs.
They did not give her any time to reply and she felt that they had turned the tables on her.
Elles ne lui laissaient pas le temps de répondre et elle se sentait prise à son propre piège.
They had to justify themselves more and more frequently before the liberals, because they had turned out in a bloc with Trotsky after October 1905.
Ils avaient de plus en plus fréquemment à se justifier devant les libéraux, d'avoir formé un bloc avec Trotsky en 1905.
They may have once been converted and received a new mind but, sadly, they had turned back to the old mind and begun to love this world again.
Ils s’étaient peut-être convertis une fois et avaient reçu un nouvel entendement, mais ils étaient retournés à leur ancien entendement et aimaient à nouveau les choses de ce monde.
They had turned our weapons, our technology, against us.
Ils avaient retourné nos armes et notre technologie contre nous.
They had turned, and I was to be slaughtered.
Ils avaient muté et allaient me massacrer.
They had turned into little monsters.
Ils s'étaient changés en monstres.
They had turned out in large numbers to choose their head of State freely and in an orderly fashion, as attested by the 187 international election monitors.
Le peuple s'est massivement mobilisé pour choisir librement et dans l'ordre son chef de l'État, ce dont ont témoigné les 187 observateurs internationaux qui ont supervisé le scrutin.
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