Sentence examples for been precious from inspiring English sources

And there has been precious little return.

"I've never been precious about stuff.

So far there have been precious few real-life applications.

There's been precious little sign of that happening.

"They have been precious to me," she said.

Of that there has been precious little of late.

On energy there's been precious little sign of that.

To me the sense of our collaboration had been precious.

There have been precious few Tehran-style protests on the streets of Cairo.

But in recent years, there has been precious little yield differential for traders to exploit.

So far, there have been precious few moves in that direction.