Example sentences of "[verb] empty for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , when subletting , if the sublet part is not to remain empty for any time , a separate assessment is still prudent . |
| 2 | Llangoed Hall , a most romantic house built in 1912 by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis , in a wonderful setting beside the River Wye in Powys , lay empty for fifteen years but has recently opened as a first-class country house hotel . |
| 3 | RIGHT : After standing empty for many years , plans are in hand for its conversion to dwellings . |
| 4 | The shop had been standing empty for some time , and needed a great deal of work . |
| 5 | A former fish restaurant in Darlington town centre could be turned into a pub and office complex after standing empty for three years . |
| 6 | The flats will have to stay empty for several weeks |
| 7 | Having stood empty for many years , 1987/88 saw the start of considerable renovations and rebuilding . |
| 8 | In 1902 , after the Hall had stood empty for some years , Lord Halifax lent it to a small community of Church of England Benedictines under Abbot Aelred Carlyle , the subject of a book Abbot Extraordinary . |
| 9 | Too run-down and curiously situated to appeal to most families , it had stood empty for several years before Frankie 's parents made it their home . |
| 10 | A DARLINGTON factory which has stood empty for three years is close to being sold . |
| 11 | Emma 's flat stood empty for six months before anyone else moved in . |
| 12 | Following a period of use for warehousing , the mill stood empty for two years , until it was taken over by Mike Cavanagh in 1976 . |
| 13 | The building stood empty for fifteen years . |
| 14 | The building stood empty for 25 years , and was nearly torn down . |
| 15 | Right on the Brown Street corner was The Round of Beef public house which was closed by Eldridge Pope & Co. , the Dorchester Brewers in 1926 when it remained empty for several years . |