Example sentences of "and [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eyes were adjusting to the darkness , and now she could see that he had folded his arms over the enticing broadness of his chest and was watching her with a challenging glitter in his eyes . |
| 2 | It was all she was capable of saying for quite some time , for he had captured her lips again and was kissing her with a deeper intensity . |
| 3 | Raynor had fetched wine from a corner cupboard , and was heating it with a thin iron rod which had been resting in the fire 's embers . |
| 4 | A uniformed policeman had stepped out from the kerb up ahead and was waving them into a side road . |
| 5 | Yanto grunted some inaudible remark and was introducing her to a goggle-eyed Billy as Nigger joined them . |
| 6 | It was a crisp Saturday morning in February , and the young man had picked her up from her flat and was driving them to a motor-racing track in the heart of Surrey . |
| 7 | A man of sophistication and wide experience , he recognised her lack of both and was teasing her like a cat playing with a mouse . |