were digging

Past progressiveconjugation ofdig.There are other translations for this conjugation.

dig

Abel Ramírez Vázquez says that the police were digging trenches for 15 days, looking for arms.	Dice Abel Ramírez Vázquez que durante 15 días, los policías cavaron trincheras.
Abel Ramírez Vázquez says that the police were digging trenches for 15 days, looking for arms.	Dice Abel Ramírez Vázquez que durante 15 días, los policías cavaron trincheras. Buscaron armas.
The discoveries were made by highway construction workers while they were digging the foundation for a road.	Los descubrimientos fueron hechos por trabajadores que construyen una carretera mientras cavaban para preparar las fundaciones del camino.
I continued along this track where the telephone wires hummed and men were digging for asbestos; and then suddenly turned away from it all to look upon another world.	Continué a lo largo de esta pista donde el teléfono ata con alambre tarareado y los hombres cavaban para el asbesto; y entonces recorrido vuelta repentinamente lejos de él todo a la mirada sobre otro mundo.
The villagers realized they were digging their own mass grave.	Los aldeanos se daban cuenta de que estaban cavando su propia tumba masiva.
Around the factory walls, other squads of workers were digging defense trenches.	Alrededor de las fábricas, otros trabajadores cavaban trincheras para defenderlas.
And extra fees, often hidden or unpredictable, were digging into margins.	Y los gastos extra –muchas veces escondidos o impredecibles– iban minando los márgenes.
People were digging that the whistles were having an effect on the police.	A los vecinos les encantó que los silbatos afectaran a la policía.
Last year, as we were digging, we ran into a massive cave!	El año pasado, cuando estábamos excavando, nos encontramos con una cueva enorme!
They were digging holes just to be able to hide when the next aktion came.	Cavaban huecos que sirvieran de escondites para cuando se produjera la próxima aktion.
Paleontologists were digging at the Saints and Sinners Quarry, in northeastern Utah, when they made the discovery.	Los paleontólogos estaban excavando en Saints and Sinners Quarry (al noreste de Utah) cuando hicieron el descubrimiento.
This was a new concept to many people who were digging into the science of communism for the first time.	Este era un concepto nuevo para muchas personas que estaban indagando la ciencia del comunismo por primera vez.
When they were digging the foundations they kept coming across bones, sometimes caught up in barbed wire.	Cuando estaban cavando para colocar los cimientos se encontraron con huesos, a veces atrapados en alambre de púa.
They were digging around the forest floor, sniffing out a scrumptious insect or succulent earth worm.	Estos se movían por el suelo del bosque escarbando mientras olfateaban un delicioso insecto o una suculenta lombriz de tierra.
He said people were digging holes along the river bed to find the last drops of water.	Él dice que había gente que estaba escavando pozos a lo largo del lecho del río, buscando las últimas gotas de agua.
While they were digging up the field to find the hidden treasures, the soil was well cultivated, and it brought forth a plentiful harvest.	Mientras cavaban el campo para encontrar los tesoros escondidos, la tierra se cultivaba bien, y produjo una cosecha abundante.
The local Serbian residents were stunned to learn that unknown individuals were digging the graves of their relatives without their knowledge and approval.	Los residentes serbios quedaron pasmados al enterarse de que desconocidos estaban excavando las sepulturas de sus parientes sin su conocimiento ni aprobación.
We caught up with the company as they were digging in trenches for the electric and telecom utilities at a massive new residential development in Buckeye, Arizona.	Hablamos con la empresa mientras excavaban zanjas para servicios públicos eléctricos y de telecomunicaciones en un nuevo proyecto residencial en Buckeye, Arizona.
While they were digging through everything, the officer who instigated this whole thing asked for my passport and called in to see if I had any warrants out on me.	Mientras ellos hurgaban todo, el oficial quien instigó todo esto preguntó por mi pasaporte y me llamó para ver si pesaba alguna orden sobre mí.
The brass plate had been found while they were digging the ground and the parish clerk said that it had no value except as a relic.	La placa la habían encontrado al excavar los cimientos, y, en opinión del sacristán, no tenía más valor que el de un antiguo recuerdo.