Sentence examples for had stretched on from inspiring English sources

For months, Shankar had been thinking about how to bring behavioral science to bear on the problems in Flint, where a crisis stemming from lead contamination of the drinking water had stretched on for almost two years.

Kogut's trial had stretched on for two years, while Restivo worried constantly that he, too, would be retried.

The court hearing lasted only an hour — a lightning round in a case that had stretched on and on.

Majority voters such as Radcliffe view last month's vote as a definitive end to a debate that had stretched on for years.

Though the process of re-evaluating the safety of the pesticide had stretched on for years, at long last, chlorpyrifos seemed to be going down.

The polling, which had stretched on for over a month, already indicated a record turnout of 66percentt.

Ms. Bellevue was on her third lawyer in a case that has stretched on as many years.

What was intended to be two or three weeks of intensive White House meetings has stretched on for almost a month.

The competition has stretched on for seven years, pitting the Boeing Company against an international partnership headed by Northrop Grumman in a lobbying battle scrutinized on both sides of the Atlantic.

The Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour has stretched on for almost two weeks now.

Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Montes said the 911 call -- made by a neighbor, not Woods' wife, Elin -- will be released Sunday, and troopers will return to Woods' house when they report for duty about 3 p.m. Montes said FHP investigations into minor collisions don't normally drag on for days, but this isn't the first time that one has stretched on.