Sentence examples for could have dragged from inspiring English sources

I think the way I played could have dragged him down.

Mr. Kennedy could have dragged others along to make this a reality, Mr. Slome said.

With summer recess approaching, a confirmation fight over Mr. McGurk could have dragged on for weeks or months.

BY LAW and precedent, Ariel Sharon could have dragged out his coalition-building for many more weeks.

I could have dragged him in, and at least it would have gotten him off the streets".

The law passed on New Year's Day avoided the full force of the budget cuts, which could have dragged the economy into a recession.

You couldn't have dragged me away.

England have urgent problems to solve, not necessarily of personnel (Martin Johnson couldn't have dragged those old bones on for much longer, although Jonny Wilkinson might just have kicked them out of trouble here).

Since then, successive governments, reluctant to stir the pot on an issue that could alienate conservative voters, have dragged their feet on legislation that would lay down precisely the circumstances in which an abortion would be legal.

Among all the uncertainties, the only thing on which the Brions seemed to agree was that the Government, by backing Pres Truman's announcement so promptly, for once could not be sai to have dragged its feet.

By Mollie Panter-Downes The New Yorker, July 15 , 1950 P. 60Among all the uncertainties, the only thing on which the Brions seemed to agree was that the Government, by backing Pres Truman's announcement so promptly, for once could not be sai to have dragged its feet.