1.   She thrust the empty tin under our noses.

2.   The infantry tied empty tins to the wire to act as alarm bells, but they were only ever sounded by rats.

3.   There were dozens of empty tins too, soup and baked beans, all mixed together with dozens of mouldy bread wrappers.

4.   When it rained, the water would drop off the wire into the empty tins below.

5.   Only the skeletal structures of refugee shelters remained, fashioned out of branches, and empty tins, broken plastic basins and bits of filthy clothing littered the ground.