they had waited
Past perfect they conjugation of wait.
He did not want them to have problems for the second year in a row because they had waited until the last minute to apply.
Il ne fallait pas que certains attendent la dernière minute pour faire leur demande, puis rencontrent à nouveau des difficultés.
My mother later told me that the doctor had told her if they had waited even an hour longer to take me to the hospital I may not have made it due to the large amount of blood loss.
Ma mère m'a par la suite raconté que le docteur lui avait dit que si elles avaient attendu une heure de plus pour me conduire à l'hôpital, je n'aurais peut-être pas survécu à cause de mes importantes pertes de sang.
They had waited their whole lives for this moment, just as their medieval predecessors had longed for the end of the world, and just as my grandmother waited for the Oprah Winfrey Show to come on Channel 8 every day at 4 o'clock.
Ils avaient attendu ce moment toutes leurs vies,et comme ma grand-mère attendait l'Oprah Winfrey Show
They had waited their whole lives for this moment, just as their medieval predecessors had longed for the end of the world, and just as my grandmother waited for the Oprah Winfrey Show to come on Channel 8 every day at 4 o'clock.
Ils avaient attendu ce moment toutes leurs vies, comme leurs prédécesseurs du Moyen-Âge avaient attendu la fin du monde avec impatience, et comme ma grand-mère attendait l'Oprah Winfrey Show sur Channel 8, chaque jour, à 16h.
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