There was nothing I could do but try to keep breathing.
If you want to keep breathing, get off this ship right now!
"I was telling him just to keep breathing, stay with me, you're going to be all right," the man said.
Don't worry, I'll make sure you keep breathing and that your heart continues to beat.
"I was holding his hands, telling him to keep breathing."
They'd stand off the whole world, so long as the soldiers atop them keep breathing.
Just do your job right this time and you'll keep breathing!
Now if you want to keep breathing, this is what you're going to do.
"If you're so anxious for me to keep breathing, you might consider moving," she suggested.
If you want to keep breathing, though, we'd better get the hell out of the area.