Examples of 'had been empty' in a sentence

Meaning of "had been empty"

had been empty - This phrase suggests that a place or object had no occupants or contents for a period of time. For example, 'The old house had been empty for years before the new owners moved in.'

How to use "had been empty" in a sentence

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had been empty
I thought it had been empty for years.
You would not have been back sooner if it had been empty.
The shelter had been empty at times.
The coloured man 's other hand had been empty.
The house had been empty for along time.
Three minutes ago it had been empty.
It had been empty for a while.
I said the house had been empty.
It had been empty since they moved in.
It is an old school that had been empty for years.
It had been empty the week before.
The building had been empty.
It had been empty for six months.
It had no furniture and looked like it had been empty a long time.
And the room had been empty for a couple of days.

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But they had moved to Los Angeles and had been empty for long.
Our marriage had been empty for a long time.
We had just moved into a new house, which had been empty for so.
Before then it had been empty for a long time.
Whisk-the place where Italy had been empty.
Before that it had been empty for a long time.
Prior to this, the Gryffindor hourglass had been empty.
And it had been empty for ages so it was cheap.
I looked around to a store that had been empty for the last half hour.
It had been empty for decades.
I went into a house there thinking the city had been empty for a thousand years or more.
They had been empty for many years and there was hope now.
But I thought that safe had been empty for years.
It had been empty for centuries before I came.
I had a property that had been empty for 2 years.
It had been empty so long I got it at a knockdown price.
My parents were dead ; so it had been empty for some years.
The house had been empty for a good while, when we took it.
This one was dusty, dirty, like it had been empty for months.
The place had been empty now for seven years.
People moved in and occupied the old military barracks that had been empty since the 1960s.
And this had been empty for ages, so it was cheap.
For most of the Earth 's history until now, the land had been empty and barren.
The mine had been empty he said, but he was sure byzanium there once.
It was clear that the apartment had been empty for weeks, if not months.
It had been empty for a year, and I needed that money so badly.
I thought that flat had been empty for years, dear.
It had been empty for 3 years.
Houston said that the home had been empty for about 18 months.
And it had been empty for ages, so it was cheap . Yeah.
Okay, thank you. The house had been empty for along time.
Salgado said it had been empty at the time of the attack, barring a few guards.
The building fell into disrepair and had been empty since 2008.
Ja . And it had been empty for ages so it was cheap.
He bought the place in ' 68, I think . Before then it had been empty for a long time.

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