The phrase "and were using the" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used when describing an ongoing action in the past that involved using something.
Example: "They were in the middle of a project and were using the latest software to complete their tasks."
Alternatives: "and were utilizing the" or "and were employing the".
By next morning they had regrouped, and were using the catch-all expression "West Midlands".
I was absolutely convinced they knew it was me and were using the event to shame me into confessing it.
It was true that a number of Salafis, the most conservative Islamists in Egypt, had come to Tahrir and were using the mosque as their base.
But Dr. Matthew Meselson, a bioterrorism expert at Harvard University, said it was possible that the designers of the attack had made spores, maybe in one or more batches, and were using the public as their laboratory.
Officials said American collieries were coating coal with a fuel-oil emulsion to qualify for a tax credit meant to encourage synthetic fuel development and were using the tax benefits to undercut the prices of Australian producers.
The crew aboard the USS Lewis, a Navy destroyer, had spent the past few days lobbing more than 800 charges overboard and were using the blasts to sound the ocean depths.
All 10 strategic health authorities in England have registered for and are using the service.
The heirs to the Shamasneh house have appeared and are using the courts to ask for the property.
"The Taliban are saying they are religious people, but they are using force to get their aims and are using the cover of Islam," Maulavi Khattib said.
They closed on July 31, and are using the remaining money toward renovations and their small wedding in Hawaii.
The association estimated that 70percentt of clinic patients have health insurance and are using the clinics because of convenience.
