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Solo estuvimos tratando de encontrar el momento adecuado para decirtelo.	We were just trying to find the right time to tell you.
Es lo que estuvimos tratando de decirte, querida.	That's what we've been trying to tell you, darling.
¿Cómo se llama ese tipo que estuvimos tratando de arrestar por años?	What's the name of the bloke we've been trying to put away for years?
Nosotros... estuvimos tratando de contactarte desde hace días.	We... We... We have been trying to reach you for days.
Quisiera dejar bien aclarada la cuestión que ayer estuvimos tratando de explicar.	Can I make clear the very point that we were trying to make yesterday.
Debe entender Sr. Jennings, usted hizo en dos meses lo que nosotros estuvimos tratando de hacer por tres años.	You understand, Mr. Jennings, you've done in two months what we've been trying to do for three years.
Deduzco que lo que estuvimos tratando de hacer es, literalmente, armar cosas con partes que nunca antes fueron escuchadas.	I guess what we've mostly been trying to do is literally come up with parts we've never heard before.
Estuvimos tratando de averiguarlo todo el día.	We've been trying to figure that out all day.
Estuvimos tratando de encontrarte.	We've been trying to find you.
Estuvimos tratando de contactarlos.	We've been trying to contact you.
Estuvimos tratando de acercarnos al hombre, ¿por cuanto, cinco meses ahora?	We've tried to get next to the man for five months.