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並んでいた

were lined up

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phrase Uncommon #19,329
were lined up Describes a past state: people may have been standing in line, while objects or buildings may have been arranged in a row.
JA: 公園の前に人が並んでいた。
EN: People were lined up in front of the park.

その列にはたくさんの人が並んでいた。

There were a lot of people lined up in that line.

スパーホークは船長用のテーブルに座り、目の前にはかなりの量の食事が並んでいた。

Sparhawk sat at the captain’s table, with a substantial meal spread out before him.

買い物客たちは一列に並んでいた。

The shoppers were lined up in a single file.

夜の闇の中に団地が並んでいた。

Apartment complexes stood in rows in the darkness of night.

彼は列の最後に並んでいた。

He was at the back of the line.