not lose a minute
Example Sentences
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"I will not lose a minute," said the earl, hastily.
From Wife in Name Only by Brame, Charlotte M.
"But you say right,—I never was here before, and I don't know my way to the place you speak on; only tell me, and I'll not lose a minute."
From Mary Barton by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
For a year the crews had been prisoners of that readiness which must not lose a minute in putting to sea if von Tirpitz should ever try the desperate gamble of battle.
From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Palmer, Frederick
"I could not lose a minute," she said.
From King Midas: a Romance by Sinclair, Upton
Glad I did not lose a minute after seeing the ground in asking Maxwell and Methuen to make me some trench mortars.
From Gallipoli Diary, Volume I by Hamilton, Ian, Sir
