estaban derribando
-they/you were demolishing
Imperfecto progresivo para el sujetoellos/ellas/ustedesdel verboderribar.

derribar

La UNFICYP recibió quejas de la parte grecochipriota de que se estaban derribando casas deshabitadas situadas en Rizokarpaso y pertenecientes a los grecochipriotas.
UNFICYP received complaints from the Greek Cypriot side that uninhabited houses in Rizokarpaso belonging to Greek Cypriots were being demolished.
Algunos de ellos estaban derribando un número similar de cosas como la aspirina y el ibuprofeno, como yo, pero había algunas personas que eran un poco más en contacto con lo que estaba ocurriendo en sus sistemas musculares.
Some of them were downing a similar number of things like aspirin and ibuprofen as me, but there were a few people who were a bit more in touch with what was going on in their muscle systems.
No sabíamos qué iba a pasar, pero afortunadamente creo que hasta ahora hemos detenido un poco la gran cantidad de árboles que nos estaban derribando y sobre todo, que somos un poco más libres.
We didn't know what was going to happen, but fortunately, I think we've put a dent in the number of trees they were chopping down, and above all, I think we're more free than we were before.
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