Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [be] empty for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The house on our western side had been empty for years . |
| 2 | Half the vacant land in the study area had been empty for at least two years and , on the likely level of public and private resources , the consultants predicted that three-quarters would still be vacant in 1980 , five years after their survey . |
| 3 | When we first hear of it , the house had been empty for some time , and Albert Piggott deplored its neglect . |
| 4 | That was still untended and wild ; the house had been empty for some time before they bought it , or rather Mr Paul had . |
| 5 | The house had been empty for some time now and beginning to feel lonely . |