Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] together for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
| 3 | Fiona & Paul had been together for six years before deciding to tie the knot . |
| 4 | They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |