Example sentences of "they [vb past] been [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
| 2 | Then he held out his arms and she went into them , laughing , wiping out the days they had been apart in that one eager meeting . |
| 3 | The Lords were more diehard , as they had been ever since 1911 , but unless their powers were restored they would denounce the government in vain . |
| 4 | They had been there for six months , the duration of their marriage . |
| 5 | They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |
| 6 | And again when they had been together for two years and he was still seeing other women : ‘ They were my protection against these feelings I had for her , ’ he said . |