ellos/ellas/ustedes estaban
-they/you were being
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Viendo humanamente la situación, ellos estaban en un precario predicamento.
Humanly viewing the situation, they were in a precarious predicament.
Entre ellos estaban Aaron Carter, Jonathan Ross e incluso Ringo Starr.
Among them were Aaron Carter, Jonathan Ross and even Ringo Starr.
I. Primero, ellos estaban orando para que algo imposible sucediera.
I. First, they were praying for something impossible to happen.
Julia: Algunos de ellos estaban sentados en sillas, babeando.
Julia: Some of them were just sitting in chairs, drooling.
Y ellos estaban diciendo que ella tenía dificultad para ventilar.
And they were saying that she was difficult to ventilate.
Sí, pero ellos estaban solamente interesado en la materia seca.
Yeah, but they were only interested in the dried stuff.
La mayoría de ellos estaban conectados a mi chakra corazón.
Most of them were plugged into my heart chakra.
Entre ellos estaban la Comandante zapatista Ramona y don Andrés.
Among them were the Zapatista Comandanta Ramona and don Andrés.
Les preguntamos directamente si ellos estaban libres del pecado.
We asked them directly if they were free from sin.
Entre ellos estaban los conversos más débiles de la nueva religión.
Among them were the weakest converts to the new religion.
De hecho, ellos estaban muy enamorados el uno del otro.
Actually, they were very much in love with each other.
Cuando ellos estaban unidos en la oración, sucedió el Pentecostés (Hechos 2).
When they were united in prayer, Pentecost happened (Acts 2).
Todos ellos estaban implicados en una misión de amor.
They were all involved in a mission of love.
Y algunos de ellos estaban en el baile aquí.
And some of 'em were at the dance here.
Y lo que ellos estaban pidiendo en ese momento, eran elecciones.
And what they were demanding at this time, was elections.
Yo estaba en la cama, y ellos estaban en sillas.
I was on the bed, and they were on chairs
Los sindicatos fueron muy pasivos – de hecho, ellos estaban ausentes.
The unions were very passive–in fact, they were absent.
No podíamos entender lo que ellos estaban tratando de decir.
We couldn't figure out what they were trying to say.
Millones de personas eran pobres y muchos de ellos estaban desempleados.
Millions of people were poor and many of them were unemployed.
Debajo de ellos estaban los barones privilegiados, duques, condes y caballeros.
Under them were the privileged barons, dukes, counts and knights.
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