She'd come out here to smoke often lately, but had never tried to negotiate the walls since her girlhood.

The two countries had been negotiating their maritime boundary since 1989.

The terms of the agreement, negotiated since May, were not disclosed.

The two sides have been negotiating regularly since the beginning of the month.

The two sides have been negotiating intermittently since early last month.

The two groups had been negotiating since last November.

The two sides had been negotiating since Monday, when the league's lockout was lifted.

United's management and its pilots' union have been negotiating a new contract since December 1998.

The league and the union had been negotiating since September to strengthen the policy.

The two sides have been negotiating since 1994 on renewing the previous deal.