But online conversations can easily get out of hand and go on for months.

He had expected, and hoped, the conversation would get to this point.

"These conversations get into a momentum and then we have to break."

I thought I'd better get to my original purpose before this conversation got out of hand.

He didn't know how this conversation had gotten out of control.

In fact, this entire conversation was getting out of hand.

In a way, I feel as if the conversation is only just getting started.

But the conversation had got them both out of their depth.

Each conversation gets the radio for one-third of the time.

It just would've made that whole conversation go on longer, and get the exact same result.