"precious" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It was taking precious seconds, but he had to think what to say.
- It took a few precious seconds before I could see clearly again.
- He opened his eyes, looking down on her face, desperate to remember every precious second.
- It was only in those precious few seconds that he had a chance of getting a message out.
- If he gave them a chance to protest, precious seconds would be lost.
- Each time precious seconds were used to discover where he had actually gone.
- This took precious extra seconds but was always worth the effort.
- It would take precious seconds to get the weapon up and ready to fire.
- A man could lose precious seconds by using the safety catch.
- He took the precious seconds needed to dog it shut.
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