Example sentences of "they [verb] been together [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
| 2 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | A few days before Anthony 's death they had been together at the Lancaster Road Baths watching local semi-professional boxers . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |
| 7 | After all , they had been together for a couple of years and she did idolise him . |
| 8 | If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |