Example sentences of "[noun] have been empty for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The warehouse has been empty for many years , but holding repairs have meant at least that water penetration to the fabric is reduced . |
| 2 | The gallery has been empty for several years . |
| 3 | A third of its beds have been empty for several years . |
| 4 | These tenements had been empty for several years , the small shopfronts that once elbowed each other along the street boarded up . |
| 5 | When we first hear of it , the house had been empty for some time , and Albert Piggott deplored its neglect . |
| 6 | That was still untended and wild ; the house had been empty for some time before they bought it , or rather Mr Paul had . |
| 7 | The house had been empty for some time now and beginning to feel lonely . |