we had waited
Past perfect we conjugation of wait.
Only that now it was time and we had waited so long.
Mais elles étaient la... Et nous les avions tant attendues.
Perhaps we lived this with so much joy because we had waited for it for so long.
Peut-être avons-nous vécu cet événement avec une telle joie parce que nous l'avions attendu longtemps.
I wish we had waited.
- J'aurais preferé qu'on attende.
If we had waited for too long to switch on electricity, the candle wax would have burnt our fingers.
Si nous avions tardé à appuyer sur l’interrupteur, la cire de la bougie nous aurait brûlé les doigts.
As we had waited for our order for almost an hour, the restaurant owner offered us a complimentary bottle of wine.
Comme nous avions attendu notre commande pendant presque une heure, le propriétaire du restaurant nous a offert une bouteille de vin en guise de geste commercial.
We had waited three years for this match-up, and we were not disappointed.
(\ i1) On avait attendu trois ans pour ce match là, (\ i0) (\ i1) et nous n'avons pas été déçus. (\ I0)
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