狙ってた

was aiming at, was targeting

→ 狙う
verb · informal, past tense Rare #43,711
was aiming at, was targeting Colloquial contraction of 狙っていた.
JA: 彼はずっとあの店を狙ってた。
EN: He had been eyeing that shop for a while.
Conjugation of 狙う
Indicative past
狙ってた

あの人たちはデイヴィッドを狙ってた。

Those people were after David.

やっぱり狙ってたね

I knew you were aiming for that.

— ロード・オブ・ザ・リング/王の帰還 (2003)

僕と僕を狙ってた奴らのね

Mine, and the guys who were after me.

— Carandiru (2003)

貴方も狙ってたの?

Were you after it too?

— ファイト・クラブ (1999)