they were helping
Past progressive they conjugation of help.
Seeing as they were helping us, I didn't argue.
Comme ils nous aidaient, j'ai pas protesté.
They weren't doing their primary work, which was for the government, while they were helping us with this.
Ils ne remplissaient pas leur mission première, pour le gouvernement, pendant qu'ils nous aidaient à faire cela.
They were helping him sleep.
Ca l'aidait à dormir.
But they all had a clear vision of who they were helping.
Mais ils avaient tous une vision claire de ce qu’ils aidaient.
While they thought they were helping, it was dangerous.
Alors qu’ils pensaient aider, c’était en fait dangereux.
They said they were helping me.
Ils disaient qu'ils voulaient m'aider.
I have the impression that they thought they were helping to resolve a problem, but the problem was not resolved, because the man had declared a hunger strike.
J'ai l'impression qu'elles pensaient qu'elles aidaient à régler un problème, mais le problème restait entier, parce qu'Imperatori poursuivait sa grève.
The fact that creditors knew they were helping a despotic regime is an aggravating factor but is not a sine qua non condition to determine the odious nature of a debt.
Le fait qu’en plus, les créanciers savaient qu’ils aidaient un régime despotique est un facteur aggravant mais ne constitue pas une condition sine qua non pour déterminer le caractère odieux d’une dette.
However, that went well beyond that and opened the door to him being involved in some secret projects and working with individuals that he believed were not from here because they were helping him in his work.
Cependant, cela est allé bien au-delà, et cela lui a ouvert la porte à être introduit dans certains projets secrets, travailler avec des personnes qu'il croyait, n'étaient pas d'ici, parce qu'ils l'aidaient dans son travail.
Yesterday, the House of Commons in my country voted through a bilateral loans package to Ireland which was supported, I think, by sincere and generous MPs thinking that they were helping a friendly country.
Hier, dans mon pays, la Chambre des Communes a approuvé un ensemble de crédits en faveur de l'Irlande soutenue, je pense, par des députés sincères et généreux convaincus de venir ainsi en aide à un pays ami.
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