Example sentences of "and [was/were] [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had taken the area from the rebels and were defending it on the orders of General Kopyion . |
| 2 | She 'd washed her hair and was drying it on the hessian towel . |
| 3 | Dad wasted no words and said that it was his bird in the box whereupon C … tried to brazen out the situation by saying he had found the cockbird in the garden and was taking it to the market in the morning . |
| 4 | At luncheon , Bradbury 's Alsatian dog was found to have retrieved a boot of a German airman and was chewing it under the table . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | On the steps of the stadium someone had erected a red hammer-and-sickle flag and was waving it towards the crowd and the few media people present . |
| 7 | It had been owned by the Turner family , and my aunt 's builder husband had bought it from them and was turning it into an apartment house when he was called up for service with the Army . |
| 8 | He kept on , and it was worse because he 'd got hold of the helmet now and was smashing it against the toilet . |