The window frames are empty, doors removed and even the light fittings ripped out.

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The evening sky was pale and empty and the light from the kitchen window made a yellow square reflection in the darkening yard.

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He looked through the kitchen window, but the yard was empty and all he could see, among the thistles and scrap iron, was a dilapidated cart with two rusty wheels.

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Window shutters are fastened closed, and empty rowing boats jostle about their moorings in the quays.

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They said he claimed an empty beer keg had been used by intruders to get in through a window.

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Regardless, the firm is touting Window's forthcoming Vista operating system as encouragement for more producers to hop on the (nearly empty) bandwagon, so if you're cool with holding out on ( questionably beneficial) 1080p flicks for another year or so, you'll (unsurprisingly) find yourself a lot richer for it.

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