were queuing
Past progressive conjugation of queue.

queue

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Bread rationing meant that women were queuing in bread lines after working 12-hour shifts in the factories.
El racionamiento del pan significaba que las mujeres debían hacer fila para conseguir comida después de trabajar 12 horas en las fábricas.
The noble, fearing that the occupants of the other carriages and sleighs that were queuing up might hear, gave him a hundred roubles to keep him quiet.
El noble, temiendo que le oyeran los ocupantes de los trineos y carruajes que se estaban agolpando en el camino, le dio cien rublos para que se callara.
Young Afghans who reached the age of 18 by 2010, and those who have not registered before, were queuing to receive voter cards until 1 April.
La juventud afgana, que en 2010 ya había cumplido los 18 años, y aquellos que aún no se habían registrado, hicieron fila para recibir su credencial de votante hasta el 1° de abril.
In the Folketing, the Danish Minister for Internal Affairs said in response to a question I had asked that Bosnians and Croats were queuing up to return home and were being delayed partly because of a lack of transport.
El Ministerio del Interior danés me ha informado en respuesta a una pregunta mía formulada en el Parlamento danés de que los refugiados bosnios y croatas desean regresar a sus hogares pero su regreso se demora debido, entre otras cosas, a dificultades de tráfico.
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