nous cherchions

were looking for, were searching for

→ chercher
cherch search + ions we imperfect tense
verb · imperfect tense / present tense, 1st-person plural Rare #43,885
were looking for, were searching for
FR: Nous te cherchions hier.
EN: We were looking for you yesterday.
Conjugation of chercher
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First cherche cherchions
Second cherches cherchiez
Third cherche cherchent
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First cherchais cherchions
Second cherchais cherchiez
Third cherchait cherchaient

Nous vous cherchions pour vous proposer une alliance.

We were looking for you to propose an alliance.

— Star Wars, épisode I - La Menace fantôme (1999)

C'est pour ça que Ron et moi le cherchions.

That's why Ron and I were looking for him.

— Harry Potter et la Chambre des secrets (2002)

Nous ne les cherchions pas.

We weren't looking for them.

Nous la cherchions.

We were looking for her.

Il est précisément l'homme que nous cherchions.

He is precisely the man we were looking for.

Nous vous cherchions.

We were looking for you.