ran short

"The announcement by the Cabinet was necessary. But it was not sufficient, and it ran short of the expectations of Kenyans, " he said.

They ran short of money during the tour, and their return was inevitable.

When they ran short of wagons and oxen, thousands made the long trip pulling their gear in handcarts.

They were defeated by USA and ran short of suppliers as they told me.

Flour ran short in Pakistan when many areas saw rioting after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in late December.

But even when our buying power increased through money from odd jobs and baby-sitting , we sometimes ran short on imagination.

At a gas station in Koriyama, about 130 miles north of Tokyo, some customers become anxious and agitated as fuel ran short, attendants said.

After the city ran short of cash for the project, in 2002, it turned to a deep-pocketed Beijing developer, the Oceanwide Corporation.

Several countries in south-eastern Europe quickly ran short of gas; even Germany and Italy were hit.

This summer Mongolia ran short of diesel because Russian imports dried up.

In the extremely cold winter of 1917 - 1918, parts of the country ran short of coal.

Fuel oil ran short during the winter.

The car ran short of gas halfwaybetween two gas stations.

Ran short of paper clips .

Export data from places such as Singapore and Hong Kong were weak in April as Japanese-made parts for automobiles and electronics ran short.