He wasted shells upon them that must have been precious to him.

There have been precious few triggers for investment in recent economic data releases.

You must have been precious busy to leave me alone the whole afternoon.

It's been precious difficult to know what to do with it.

A ray of hope would have been precious medicine to him.

These marriage wine bottles originate from Scotland and would have been precious family heirlooms.

The exchange of ideas, creative energy, and guidance has been precious, delightful, and challenging.

And to date since Rugby World Cup 2007 there has been precious little done.

There had been precious little comforting in Ffreol's last moments.

There's been precious little rain and people are buttoning down for a big dry.

He mourned bitterly over the loss of those feelings, for they had been precious to him.

He said, 'There would have been precious little to eat and drink but for your preparations.

He no longer thought of accepting the Selvas' hospitality, which would have been precious to him.

I am parting with a great deal that has been precious to me, but it must be.

And, during the trial, there had been precious little touching away from the courthouse or anywhere else.

There have been precious few moments of grace for England's cricketers over the past 11 week(...)