They could both tell that she was breathing harder, using up her precious supply of air that much more quickly.

At night the cities are still dark, as the Government tries to conserve its precious supply of energy.

"Have some salt," he said, handing her their precious supply.

She stared at him in silence, as if she had exhausted a small, precious supply of argument.

But no, you wanted the comfort of a soft bed, the warmth of a fire, over our precious supplies!

While they downed more and more of their precious supply of water.

Celebratory meals were prepared, with precious supplies and livestock used up.

A few minutes without that precious supply of bloodborne oxygen and your heart tissue begins to die.

Towing yet another flotilla of precious supplies to the front.

Villagers are often reluctant to use precious supplies of firewood for such purposes.