21.   Negotiations dragged for a month, portending a combination marked by turmoil, not tranquility.

22.   Negotiations could still drag on several weeks, a company spokesman said.

23.   Negotiations have dragged on since then as the various political party leaders tried to find a workable coalition.

24.   Negotiations dragged for a month.

25.   Negotiations had dragged on for more than a year, and the two sides were unable to reach an agreement on wages.

26.   Raske and other experts said that if negotiations dragged on too long or became bitter, patients could well get caught in the dispute.

27.   Sandy Kress, a senior White House education adviser, told reporters that administration officials are not worried that support for the education plan will wane if negotiations drag.

28.   So what if the so-called negotiations dragged on into early October, forcing the cancellation of the first two weeks of the regular season?

29.   The negotiations dragged on and involved several phone conversations.

30.   The phones would then have made it possible to communicate their demands and the nuts would have been a snack to hold them if negotiations dragged on.