we had tried
Past perfect we conjugation of try.
If we had tried to achieve more, then we would have failed to reach agreement and ended up with no shutdown dates whatsoever.
Si nous avions voulu parvenir à davantage, il n'y aurait pas eu d'accord et nous n'aurions pas la moindre date de fermeture.
Just 10 years ago, if we had tried to hold such an open debate, the members of the United Nations community would have been puzzled.
Il y 10 ans à peine, si nous avions tenté de tenir un débat public sur ce thème, les membres de la communauté des Nations Unies auraient été quelque peu étonnés.
We had tried talking to them and they wouldn't listen.
Nous avions essayé de parler avec eux et ils ne voulaient rien écouter.
We had tried to convince those who, although they supported the public service, explained to us that the essentials had been safeguarded.
Nous avions tenté de convaincre ceux qui, pourtant partisans du service public, nous expliquaient que l'essentiel avait été préservé.
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