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The case against him dragged on for more than two years.
In 1993, the average case dragged on for 2 years and 4 months.
The case dragged on for nearly a year and a half.
Similar cases in other states have dragged on for years.
The war dragged on, making itself felt in the town.
Our case had now dragged on for more than four months.
Things were dragging on longer than he'd told the country they would.
But the days dragged on, and still he did not come.
The war in the north dragged on until May 1945.
So, their problems will be a drag on our economy even in the best case.
Or two kids dragging on a back road in the middle of the night?
"He and the people like him are a drag on society."
That would act as a further drag on the economy.
Time would have to drag on a lot longer than it had.
And how much longer is this likely to drag on?
But you know it's not going to drag on all day.
The day dragged on, as days spent only in waiting will do.
The staff meeting had been dragging on for two hours.
One case dragged on in a Chicago court from 1869 to 1883.
This is going to drag on for a long time.
In all the French court case had dragged on for five years.
What else was there to do as the hours dragged on?
If it dragged on I might not be able to hold them together.
That had dragged on for months, with a decision coming only last week.
I thought it was important not to let things drag on for another week.