Example sentences of "they [verb] been together for [adj] " 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 had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |