Sentence examples for empty for several from inspiring English sources

The basin where the incident occurred has been nearly empty for several months.

Would these terraces, empty for several years, really be renovated to a decent standard?

The family was caught short during the recession in the early 1990's, which left its 30-story office building at 55 Broad Street empty for several years.

In one former storefront church, empty for several years, the Red Cafe now serves shaved fennel salad and horseradish-encrusted salmon.

The house, which dates from the 1830s, had stood empty for several years and was on English Heritage's register of buildings at risk.

The 15-ton looms have been removed, and the sole remaining building is being converted to apartments, office and retail space after sitting empty for several years.

The benches emptied for several minutes and there was some pushing and shoving in the infield, but no major fighting between teams that have been trading barbs since spring training.

Sometimes Lanzmann trains his camera on an empty field for several minutes.

It was mostly empty except for several court officers and maintenance workers.

One day she sent me to sleep on my own in a large empty dormitory for several weeks, which was terrifying.

With swingeing budget cuts and chronic overcrowding, prisons can no longer afford to keep cells empty, sometimes for several weeks at a time, on the off-chance they will be called on to take problem inmates.