Sentence examples for had been dragging from inspiring English sources

Cost pressures had been dragging down profits for years.

Lou, who had been dragging on Talbot Street, came back to life.

It's true – we had been dragging our heels as we left the Hotel Dolce Sitges.

The Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said that he thought both teams had been dragging at the end.

The streets of Zhanaozen teem with riot police, sent to restore order after an industrial pay dispute that had been dragging on for seven months turned violent.

Internal discussions about drafts of the article had been "dragging on for weeks" before the Nov. 2 election, Mr. Keller acknowledged.

His knees were raw, as if he had been dragged.

Fifa and FFA had been dragged into something resembling forthrightness.

A woman had been dragged from her home and shot dead in the street.

George Bush said the "good name" of his long-time confidant had been "dragged through the mud".

The blackened form of a baby lay outside, where it had been dragged by a dog.