they were testing
Past progressive they conjugation of test.

test

Maybe they were testing me to see if I could run a lab in a professional manner.
Peut-être qu'on me testait pour voir si je sais professionnellement gérer un laboratoire.
I did not know they were testing the waters.
Je n'ai eu aucun écho d'une telle initiative.
The medical personnel who took blood samples from the man never actually told him what they were testing for.
Le personnel médical qui avait fait des prélèvements sanguins sur cet homme ne lui avait jamais dit ce qu'ils cherchaient à tester.
She sensed restless movement from the titans, as though they were testing the strength of their bonds, and the seething motion of their broods bubbling into existence around them.
Elle détectait des mouvements du côté des titans, comme s'ils testaient la solidité de leurs liens, ainsi que l'apparition de leurs engeances, bouillonnant autour d'eux.
Randomised and pseudo randomised trials in all languages were included in the review provided they were testing acupuncture compared to placebo or another intervention in adults with lateral elbow pain (tennis elbow).
Des essais randomisés et pseudo-randomisés dans toutes les langues ont été inclus dans la revue à condition qu'ils évaluent l'acuponcture par rapport à un placebo ou à une autre intervention chez des adultes souffrant de douleur latérale du coude (tennis elbow).
They were testing tomatoes that they had picked, taking the flesh of their skin, putting it in a test tube, mixing it with chemicals to extract DNA and then using their home DNA copier to test those tomatoes for genetically engineered traits.
Ils testaient des tomates qu'ils avaient cueillies, prélevant leur chair, la plaçant dans une éprouvette, la mélangeant à des réactifs pour extraire l'ADN et utilisant ensuite leur réplicateur d'ADN familial pour rechercher des caractéristiques de modifications génétiques.
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