1.   Her husband had deserted the house.

2.   Jose Estrada, meanwhile, had returned from his jog to find the house curiously deserted.

3.   The house was deserted.

4.   Houses were deserted, the occasional soldier walked streets covered with shards of glass.

5.   I went inside but found the house deserted.

6.   The houses were deserted and were used to fire mortar shells at Israeli points, the Israeli army said.

7.   Most houses were deserted and no one was working the rich farmland around Gali.