1.   Since the cases drag on for years, the rules can change two or three times in the course of one case.

2.   Although the criminal case could drag on for years, Roy could face an undetermined prison term if convicted.

3.   And as the case drags on, Garbus said, it grows ever more expensive.

4.   And the case could drag on for weeks.

5.   And so the case dragged.

6.   As a result, cases can drag on for years as the commission gets bogged down in partisan gridlock.

7.   As the case drags on without an indictment, frustrated police detectives have tried to embarrass Hunter by reopening three Boulder murder cases that were never prosecuted.

8.   As the kidnapping case has dragged on, its fascination for the public has not flagged.

9.   Alas, the most likely outcome now is that the case will drag on for several more years, while a bundle of ineffective conduct remedies is devised.

10.   All told, some observers said the Microsoft case could drag on for months or years even if the Justice Department settles.