Example sentences of "and [was/were] [verb] [pron] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four troopers had them by the arms and were hustling them out into the coach . |
| 2 | He had swum to the raft , put his head against it and was pushing it forward with heavy thrusts of his back legs . |
| 3 | Then , before she could answer , he had reached down to take hold of her and was drawing her firmly to her feet . |
| 4 | She had him by the hand by then , and was drawing him in to the hearth , for the early November mist was on his shoulders , and his face looked thin and cold . |
| 5 | I 've known him since he was knee-high to a schoolmaster and … well , maybe he 's secretly taken to lenses and was trying them out on you . |
| 6 | But by the time I had got it out of the packet and placed it between my lips , he had lighted a cerillo and was holding it out to me in cupped hands , smiling above the soft yellow flame whose elvish reflection danced in his blue eyes . |
| 7 | The Man had taken his jacket off and was holding it out in front of him and all of them could see what he intended to do . |
| 8 | He was behind ee he had the brains , and was carrying it out for him , cos erm this erm I du n no if you know him eh , he runs this quarry to us up here . |
| 9 | and erm she li she 's in Egham and her boyfriend came down and was driving her back to Sheffield and then driving back again here on Monday so she got a free journey home . |
| 10 | Somehow I was in the boat , and Neil had cast off and was edging her out from the jetty . |
| 11 | In a moment he had gripped her hand in his and was pulling her away from the bale on which she had been resting . |
| 12 | He had made his right hand into a fist and was jabbing it up at the sky , feinting in the direction of the falling missile . |