Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been together for [num] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | We 've been together for five years , Lexy and I — she practically holds that company together . |
5 | We 've been together for 23 years . |
6 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
7 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |
8 | They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |