And then the next morning our stockings are full and we wake up, go downstairs and empty our socks.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

And he had seen days of no food and empty stomachs, days when the fish did not come, and the animals were hard to find.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

Upstairs,the rooms were so large and empty that they were used for parties.

VOA: special.2009.06.27

What was there to count? There was only an empty yard and the blank side of the house seven meters away.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

There seemed to be no end to the demand for men to fill the places left empty by dead and wounded soldiers.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

Her wastepaper basket was full of empty envelopes that had carried invitations to lunches, dinners, and theater parties.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

The pasture is then kept empty until the grass grows to more than Experts say sheep and goats may require special preparations.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

At first I thought the city was empty. The buildings all were empty and in poor repair.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

Her wastepaper basket was full of empty envelopes that had carried invitations to lunches,dinners, and theater parties.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

And a mystery from the Old West concerning empty graves, a faraway homeland and long-forgotten papers.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

He turned, and with a firm and quick step he walked across the empty space.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

If it were not for me and my money, this room would be empty!"

VOA: special.2009.01.31

Developers have bought a lot of empty properties and have re-built costly apartments.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

So do empty food containers, space boots,life support systems and an American flag.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

The painting shows melting clocks,insects, and a dead tree in an empty landscape.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

Eight gunboats and three empty troop boats floated down the dark river.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

Many buildings were empty and in need of major repair.

VOA: special.2011.01.30

"We'd like to expand as much as we can where there are empty lots that have ample amounts of sunlight, that have access to water and that have a community rallying around projects such as this."

VOA: special.2010.07.06

The faithful faced the empty tomb and proclaimed, "The Lord is risen!" Alex Wheatley came from California in the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

For example they buy at 100 an empty house and they sell after 5 years at 150, like the stock exchange.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

But at night timewhen there was nothing to do and the house was all empty, I'd always think of Jenny.

VOA: standard.other

And normally bustling streets near the protest area are empty with shops closed and few people daring to walk on the streets.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

Phan says when shoppers see empty storefronts, it reminds them how tough the economic environment is and they feel less inclined to buy.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

The policy must guarantee the people will have jobs, and not just empty promises from the government.

VOA: standard.2009.03.09

"I'll know when it's time." Back at the dock,Ryan and Cabral empty 135 kilos of lobsters.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20