He began to ask questions, trying to buy precious minutes.

Often, it takes precious minutes to figure out exactly what is going on.

From now on we must live each precious minute of our lives as though it is the last.

Three precious minutes was the margin between life and death.

It took ten precious minutes to get a plan they all understood.

It would take precious minutes to light a fire, and there was no time at all to waste.

It took a precious three minutes of arguing to get to Rose.

By 1830 she was four miles ahead and gaining with every precious minute which passed.

Alex knew that it would cost him precious minutes, but he had to get clean.

We listened to the singing for a few precious minutes.