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The phrase "count the seconds" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when referring to the act of measuring or keeping track of time in seconds, often in contexts of anticipation or timing events. Example: "As the countdown began, I could only count the seconds until the fireworks lit up the sky."
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I count the seconds.
"I don't have to count the seconds," he said.
She began to count the seconds and still he did not move.
You'll want to count the seconds with this classic mid-century table timepiece.
When a bystander cheers and then goes silent, you count the seconds until his voice sounds for the next runner.
Go and stand in any gym, cafe or shop with a TV on, and count the seconds until you see cleavage.
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The first decision was not to count, the second was to count and the third was not to count.
Even though he doesn't count the first eight.
And that doesn't even count the second problem.
This wasn't the first time McCain said that Iran was arming Al Qaeda; it was, by one count, the fifth.
At noon one must count; the first chimes no longer belong to the psychological present that includes the last.
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