Translation of "Were trying" in German

One thing the managers were trying to do was to track down our cameras.
Was die Manager dann auch versuchten war, unsere Kameras zu finden.
TED2013 v1.1

They were trying to figure out how to rebuild their universities.
Sie versuchten herauszufinden, wie sie ihre Universitäten wieder aufbauen sollten.
TED2013 v1.1

In the 1950s, people were trying to figure out how superfluid helium worked.
In den 50ern versuchte man heraus zu finden, wie suprafluides Helium funktionierte.
TED2013 v1.1

People were trying to do them.
Die Leute versuchten, sie zu lösen.
TED2013 v1.1

We were trying to fill the dad-space in the girls' lives.
Wir wollten ja die Vati-Stelle im Leben der Mädchen besetzen.
TED2020 v1

So we were trying to think, how could we make a whole thing emanate.
Wir versuchten also zu ersinnen, wie wir die ganze Sache erleuchten könnten.
TED2020 v1

And what we were trying to offer every day was one-on-one attention.
Was wir versuchten jeden Tag zu bieten war eins-zu-eins Aufmerksamkeit.
TED2013 v1.1

We were trying to understand the threat against us.
Wir versuchten die Bedrohung zu verstehen.
TED2020 v1

We were trying to help ourselves and the world.
Wir versuchten, uns selbst und der Welt zu helfen.
TED2020 v1

Meanwhile, in California, we were trying to commercialize a lot of this stuff.
Währenddessen versuchten wir in Kalifornien, diese Dinge zu kommerzialisieren.
TED2020 v1

I think that they were just trying to be friendly.
Ich glaube, sie wollten nur ein bisschen nett sein.
Tatoeba v2021-03-10

I had a hard time understanding what Tom and Mary were trying to say.
Es fiel mir schwer zu verstehen, was Tom und Maria sagen wollten.
Tatoeba v2021-03-10