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

VOA: special.2009.01.31

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

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

They moved from one empty city to another, never stopping for more than a day or two.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

But there are also a surprising number of areas of empty land where houses used to stand.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

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

VOA: special.2010.05.29

The pasture is then kept empty until the grass grows to more than fifteen centimeters high.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

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

Sean Conroe says Alleycat Acres is expanding to other empty areas of Seattle.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

One of the oxygen tanks failed to empty normally during the ground test.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

In the past,some people forced poisoning victims to empty the stomach.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

"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

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

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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 world must stand together to demonstrate that international law is not an empty promise."

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

I just want to be... on an empty stage with my guitar, my voice.

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He says,for children in that era, Pewex stores were like unattainable dreams and it was fun to collect Western things like empty beer cans and matchboxes.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

Sitting with a few reporters in an empty conference room at African Union headquarters, he compared Mr.Rajoelina to his own son, who is about the same age.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

But finding new shopowners to fill empty space is increasingly difficult.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

soon she may have to send her guests to live in an empty field nearby, because she cannot bear to look them in the eye when they go hungry.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

U.S.Middle East envoy George Mitchell held six days of talks in the region last week trying to find a formula for resuming peace talks, but came up empty handed.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Since it was just me and Mama and we had all these empty rooms, Mama decided to let those rooms out, mostly to people passing through, Like from, oh, Mobile,Montgomery, places like that.

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