Circumstances beyond her control, she said, kept delaying the project.

One diplomat recalled that he once complained about corrupt government officials who kept delaying action on a foreign aid project.

He kept delaying it, when he knew there simply was no time for delay.

What I do not understand is why you keep delaying the invasion.

One problem for retailers, he said, is that people keep delaying their Christmas shopping.

Nets coaches and officials were confounded when the doctors kept delaying his return.

Meanwhile, it's the Russians who keep delaying the completion of the project.

It is not right for two Members to try to keep delaying this House before every vote.

But despite promises to do so, they kept delaying the final decision.

But he said his superiors in the security forces kept delaying the excavation.