Hart said no definitive terms were discussed because the negotiations never got that far.

It had generally been thought that until the British general election is held this spring, negotiations could not get anywhere.

We will do away with all terror and violence before any negotiations get under way.

But the negotiations never got back on track, and the unions were essentially left out of the deal.

Nevertheless, the Spanish police continued arresting people and the negotiations never got very far.

I don't think negotiations, if there were any, got very far.

As the negotiations got under way, there was a tremendous explosion.

But if the players go that route, it could be a long time before real negotiations get going.

I wish these negotiations over the name could get somewhere - they seem to drag on.

We are expected to wait until December 2004 to know whether or not negotiations on accession can get under way.