He had found Bert giving the machine a final wipe over with an oily rag.
He wiped the door handle carefully with an oily rag, then left, walking quickly up the street.
Mike turned away, wiping his hands on an oily rag, the way only a real mechanic can.
Bill came out to meet them, wiping his hands on an oily rag.
He was wiping his hands on an oily rag.
The man was still bent over his gun, wiping the mechanism with an oily rag.
Jim reached across and wiped his mate's forehead with an oily rag.
Then they wipe tools' metal blades with an oily rag.
He pushed an oily rag through the barrel with a cleaning rod.
"Perhaps," he said, running an oily rag over the barrel of his gun.