Things have separated too much for her to keep good watch.

They'd been separated for over three years before she and I got together.

Within the first five minutes, teachers know which children will need to be separated, for example.

The couple had been separated for a year, the police said.

They were now separated for three and a half months.

The two were separated for the second time late last year.

She and her husband have been separated for four years.

We have never been separated for a moment, by any force.

What could they, separated for seven years, even have to talk about?

They separated for a third time in 2005, but soon got back together.