11.   He tossed it on the empty bed and turned toward me with outstretched hand.

12.   It would mean an empty bed.

13.   Since an empty bed means no money, some homes are willing to accept almost anyone, records and interviews show.

14.   The empty beds are taking a financial toll.

15.   The hospitalized captives all are on the same ward, separated by empty beds.

16.   The rattle and rumble of a passing logging truck, loose chains clanging on an empty bed, sounded like a subway.

17.   Then they disappeared down the road, leaving behind empty beds and an empty field, but taking with them their dreams of a grander victory.

18.   A car driven by a man police said was drunk crashed into an apartment early Saturday, landing on an empty bed about three feet from four sleeping children.

19.   All but the most seriously ill patients were asked to leave hospitals so there would be empty beds in the event of heavy casualties.

20.   An empty bed is hard to find in a New Jersey hospital these days.