The example is a past progressive tense sentence. How was everybody taught when they were learning about progressive tense?
例文は過去進行形の文です。皆さんは進行形を学習するとき、どのように教わりましたか?
We made for a pond at the foot of the hill.
私たちが丘のふもとの池の方へ進んだ。
At most 40 percent of students go on to university.
せいぜい40%の生徒しか大学に進学しない。
They did not wish to go any farther.
彼らはもうそれ以上先へ進みたくなかった。
He cruised his way through the crowd.
彼は群集を押し分けて進んだ。
I got more and more bored as the speech went on.
演説が進むにつれてますます退屈になった。
The coastal ecosystem of British Columbia is rapidly declining.
ブリティッシュコロンビアの沿岸生態系の劣化が急速に進行している。
The room was so dark that we had to feel our way to the door.
部屋があまりに暗かったので、私たちは手探りでドアのところまで進まなければならなかった。
His book is oriented towards children, but here and there are words that he has never seen before. He doesn't know whether it is just him, or if they are just simply difficult words, but he finds them not worth the effort to look up in a dictionary, so he
Japan plays an important role in promoting world peace.
日本は世界平和を促進するのに重要な役割を演じているでしょう。
Please keep me informed of the development of the case.
その事件の進展について逐一知らせてください。
They congratulated their 'sempai' on his promotion.
彼らは先輩に昇進おめでとうと言った。
She advanced the hands on the clock.
彼女は時計の針を進めた。
She regretted not having gone into music.
彼女は音楽の道に進まなかったことを後悔した。
We made for a pond at the foot of the hill.
私達は丘のふもとの池の方へ進んだ。
His thought is progressive.
彼の思想は進歩的だ。
I'm satisfied with his progress.
彼の進歩ぶりに満足しています。
You seem to have made considerable progress since I saw you last.
この前あなたにお会いして以来、かなり進歩されたようですね。
We associate Darwin with the theory of evolution.
我々はダーウィンといえば進化論を想像する。
You will learn your lessons only in so far as you are willing to keep studying them.
進んで勉強し続けてはじめて、ものを学ぶことができるのだ。
They were labeled radicals.
彼らは急進派の烙印を押された。
Attack on Titan
進撃の巨人
The soldiers headed for the frontier with caution.
兵士達は警戒しながら国境に向かって進んだ。
The ship wound in and out among the islands.
船は島の間を縫うように進んだ。
About this time, the disease slowed.
このころ、病気の進行は遅くなった。
I'm rather hesitant about asking him a favor.
あの人に頼むのはちょっと気が進まない。
Can't you go on any longer?
これ以上先に進んで行けないのか。
While the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.