Example sentences of "[vb past] together for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
2 | " Collection " covers " a collection got together for a temporary purpose " , but not one " made or exhibited for the purpose of effecting sales or other commercial dealings " . |
3 | We splashed and laughed and played together for a long time , sharing their delight at looking underwater through a diving mask for the first time . |
4 | The paths of two lives , or three to be exact , came together for a little while and then separated . |
5 | Helen , with the baby only two weeks away , was very large indeed , but not too large for me to get my arms around her , and we stood there in the middle of the flagged floor clasped together for a long time with neither of us saying much . |
6 | She went up to the bedroom to see Anna and they spoke together for a long time . ’ |
7 | On my first visit , we sat together for a long time , talking of this and that . |