Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been together [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Dermot and I had been together at Eton but then Dermot was one of the Lower boys who came when I shouted " Boy " .
2 The Christian may be in a church which has been together for several hundred years , and so he knows there is a certain likelihood of it still being together next year !
3 Sandra said : ‘ It has been a very worthwhile project from the health and safety aspect by a very successful QC team which has been together for almost three years . ’
4 Sinead had a hard time at school because she was a newcomer in a class which had been together for two years , and some of her fellow pupils knew her recent history .
5 ‘ It was a crowd of boys who 'd been together for years — somebody was always up to something .
6 There 's just one thing : what happens to band who 've been together for virtually a decade ?
7 He loves you , he 's a good bloke , you 've been together for over a year .
8 He went home with a couple who had been together for twelve years , not because he wanted to know what it would be like to be made love to by two men at once , but rather to see how these particular two men lived as a couple ; specifically , what they did together in the morning before going to work .
9 I told him about my uncle after we 'd been together for six months and , though he was outraged , I persuaded him not to confront Joe or tell anyone .
10 We 'd been together for — since I was 17 .
11 We 've been together for 23 years .
12 er just one after thought , Dennis mentioned teamwork , now we we 've been together for a few years basically , but you might say , we work as a team , everyone gets on , everyone helps each other out .
13 We 've been together for five years , Lexy and I — she practically holds that company together .
14 We 've been together for more than 18 months and we see one another when we can .
15 And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments
16 No one , indeed , could have been more easy-going ; but we never got on close terms or found much in common during the four months we had been together since leaving England .
17 But what I really liked was his face and we have been together for around five years .
18 They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else .
19 They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school .
20 They 've been together for the past six years — which she cites as one very good reason why she did n't fall for Craig McLachlan while playing his leading lady .
21 A few days before Anthony 's death they had been together at the Lancaster Road Baths watching local semi-professional boxers .
22 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 .
23 They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends .
24 After all , they had been together for a couple of years and she did idolise him .
25 If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present .
26 Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time .
27 The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences .
28 Lindsey and Pete had started talking about having a baby when she was fourteen , and did so the following year : Pete and me had been together for eleven months and loved each other more than words could say .
29 When the three of them had been together in the kitchen , the infant Camille crawling round with jam on her face and fingers , he had sat in a state of sullenness bordering on rage or had conspicuously moved about preparing food for himself , knowing quite well that his dinner was cooking in the oven .
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