we were returning
Past progressive we conjugation of return.

return

So I say clearly to FIFA: you are wrong to go down this road, and it would certainly not help Northern Ireland's chances of developing totally in the future, especially at a time when we believed we were returning to normality.
Alors, je m'adresse clairement à la FIFA : vous avez tort de suivre cette voie, et ça n'aidera sûrement pas l'Irlande du Nord à se développer pleinement dans le futur, surtout à un moment où nous pensions revenir à une situation normale.
It felt like we were returning to the scene of a crime.
On aurait dit qu'on retournait sur la scène d'un crime.
It felt like we were returning to the scene of a crime.
C'était comme retourner sur le lieu du crime.
We were returning and had just rounded a curve, when suddenly there was the tiger in the middle of the road.
En rentrant, au détour d'un virage, soudain le tigre était là au beau milieu de la route.
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