Example sentences of "and they [was/were] [verb] with the " in BNC.

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1 On the mile-long drive up to the Abbey Anna exclaimed with admiration at the banks of rhododendrons in bloom at each side of the narrow road , and they were chatting with the familiarity of old friends as Merrill pulled into the car park .
2 Moreover , the likely rental would not even match the interest Mr and Mrs P would save if the house were sold and they were credited with the net proceeds of sale .
3 And they were rewarded with the prospect of a third round home tie against First Division West Ham United .
4 They were to choose and they were to live with the consequences of their choice .
5 there was , there was slaughterhouses at different places , you see , and all these bullocks went to the market and they was graded with the government people , you see , and perhaps , twenty or thirty bullocks 'd go to Ely and about forty go to Cambridge slaughterhouse .
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