Example sentences of "[pron] had been [v-ing] together [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were three US citizens and one Australian who had been travelling together in a car , and one UK citizen who had been taken off a bus . |
| 2 | We had been snorkelling together in the shallow reefs when we found the most beautiful octopus , barely a hand 's breadth in size , which rhythmically glowed with vivid blue circles . |
| 3 | We had been hillwalking together for several years , and by this time were well aware of the strengths and weaknesses of each other 's paces . |
| 4 | ‘ We had been working together with the county council for some months and the failure of this appeal was extremely disappointing . |
| 5 | They had been living together across the colour bar for the best part of 30 years . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | One afternoon , after they had been travelling together for several days , Cleo ordered Dauntless to pull Contralto to a halt . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They had been sitting together at the top of their organisations throughout the years of cut-backs . |
| 10 | Pamela and he had been living together for a while and , until recently , Jimmy had been close to a happiness previously denied him ; both as lover and as surrogate father . |