1.   As divorce proceedings drag on for years, Cullen decides to kill Priscilla, we are told.

2.   Bankruptcy proceedings can drag on for years.

3.   Because his financial affairs are so Byzantine, Mrs. De Ganay said in a telephone interview, the French court proceedings have dragged on for years.

4.   A Pakistani lawyer pleaded their case, but the proceedings dragged.

5.   For one thing, conventional bankruptcy protection proceedings can drag on for years.

6.   Impeachment proceedings will drag on for months and preoccupy our nation to the detriment of ourselves and the world.

7.   Sometimes potential jurors get a peek at questionable evidence in advance, and legal proceedings can drag, critics add.

8.   Still, the proceedings dragged on well into the night.

9.   The Regency collapse five years ago went through bankruptcy court, and the proceedings dragged on for months and months.

10.   Then, as time passes and legal proceedings drag on, Jonathan Ward slowly will be forgotten.