It's just disappointing to run out of gas just a couple metres to the finish line.

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After their exertions against the Blues a week before it seemed as though it would be Leicester who would be the more likely to run out of gas.

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Tsonga was playing only his fifth match since losing to Murray in the Wimbledon quarter-finals because of injury and he had the misfortune to run out of gas just as Murray appears to be rediscovering his confidence.

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Incredibly, their only hope was for Lecerf to eventually run out of gas.

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Some observers even worry that the U.S. will soon run out of places to store all the natural gas being produced.

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Still, the Republicans need to pick up the pace of reform or the recovery will run out of gas.

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