Sentence examples for vacant for a while from inspiring English sources

It was built to be a bank but was used as one for only a few years and then it stood vacant for a while and became a pigeon roost, the grandest pigeon roost in Brooklyn, and then the city took over and cleaned it up and used it as a Magistrate's Court for a good many years and then it stood vacant again for a while and then it became a church.

A Gerrard replacement is the obvious vacancy in midfield - although unless someone very special can be acquired it might be worth leaving the number eight shirt vacant for a while - and it is blindingly obvious how short they are in the striking department.

The Winter Garden closed in 1928 and remained vacant for half-a-century, while the Elgin remained open as the Imperial 6 movie theatre.

The building sat vacant for 30 years, operated for a while as a county courthouse, and only in 1999 reopened as a luxury hotel.

Since winning re-election in January, Netanyahu had left the post vacant for Lieberman while awaiting the verdict, which was returned Wednesday in his favor.

In a twist, some theaters have to go vacant for long stretches while they wait for these presumed blockbusters to come in.

While [email protected] will be open for dialogue and diatribe, this space will be vacant for several weeks while I watch the Open (I would pay to see John McEnroe play either Williams sister), the Olympics, the pennant race and the football seasons.

The house, which for a while was occupied by renters whose noise drew complaints from neighbors, has been vacant for about 18 months and is now filthy and in disrepair.

Because Coleman's term had expired on January 3, Minnesota's Senate seat had been left vacant for six months while the matter played out in the courts.

For a while anyway.

For a while.