they stretched
Past they conjugation of stretch.

stretch

Then they stretched out on the stairs of the faculty, preventing the staff from entering: there was no longer time for listening to useless lectures, one had to get ready for the coming revolution.
Puis ils sallongent sur les marches de l’escalier de la faculté, empêchent les professeurs d’entrer : ils n’ont plus le temps d’écouter des cours inutiles, ils doivent se préparer à la révolution qui s’approche.
The boxes were lined up in an orderly fashion, and they stretched endlessly.
Les boites étaient alignée de manière ordonnée, et elles s'étendaient infiniment.
According to his family, sometimes his shifts lasted for 24 hours; sometimes they stretched to 35.
Selon sa famille la durée du travail pouvait atteindre 24 heures, parfois même 35.
When they stretched me on a rack for a couple of years... I didn't go around dying all over the place.
Quand ils m'ont torturé pendant un couple d'années... Je n'ai pas crié partout que j'allais crever.
There were at least six thousand miners, perhaps many more, and they stretched back as far as the eye could see.
Une chaîne de 6 000 mineurs, peut-être bien plus, s'étirait aussi loin que portait le regard.
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