Example sentences of "they have [been] [v-ing] together [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been living together for many years . |
| 2 | They feel comfortable in bed together — they 've been sleeping together for years after all , and the new-found passion is lovely and exciting . |
| 3 | They had been living together across the colour bar for the best part of 30 years . |
| 4 | ‘ She said she had known for some time that she and Fabien could not remain at La Tour Monchauzet after their marriage — that they had been talking together about moving away — of going , perhaps , as far as Australia or California and starting a totally new life . |
| 5 | One afternoon , after they had been travelling together for several days , Cleo ordered Dauntless to pull Contralto to a halt . |
| 6 | Covertly , leaning far back in his chair , he watched McQuaid from under hooded eyelids : in all the years they had been coming together on Monaghan Day McQuaid had always spent the night in the house . |
| 7 | They had been sitting together at the top of their organisations throughout the years of cut-backs . |
| 8 | Although they have been living together for years they have had no idea how the other really felt . |
| 9 | ( a ) Spouses living together There is no charge to capital gains tax on a transfer of assets between husband and wife provided that they have been living together in the year of assessment in which the transfer takes place ( Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 ) ( " TCGA 1992 " ) , s58 . |
| 10 | This may mean they have been going together for as little time as a few weeks , and a relationship of more than a month or two may be regarded as serious . |