Example sentences of "empty but for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was empty but for the Doctor , looking very smug , and the TARDIS . |
| 2 | Then he went , leaving the house empty but for the woman and the Overseer . |
| 3 | The roof of the City stretched away from him like a vast field of snow , empty but for the small group of officials who were gathered , heads bowed , beside the open hatchway . |
| 4 | One night the black spring sky may be quiet and peaceful , empty but for the cicadas . |
| 5 | The car park was empty but for the elderly gentleman 's massive Ford , which was just crunching over the gravel towards the road , an old but impressive bronze Aston Martin which Charlotte supposed must belong to Gus — it sent him up a couple of notches in her regard — and the school bus , still stationary , boiling over with bored boys , and emitting a plaintive chorus of : ‘ Why are we waiting ? ’ |
| 6 | I am nothing but a stomach of cheap tin , empty but for the clanking of a few tin cans which have been squashed by a gargantuan hand and thrown together . |
| 7 | Siobhan 's bedroom is empty but for the pink carpet , a bed with a pink bedspread and a chest of drawers rattling vacantly from some obscure , whining wind . |
| 8 | The place is empty but for the bar and three or four slightly-built lads shooting pool without words . |
| 9 | He was standing in his pyjamas in his bedroom , which was empty but for the usual furniture . |