1.   The inhabitants had deserted the town.

2.   Sharon later said he had thought the town was deserted.

3.   Still, after deserting a town, Wal-Mart can return -- in a way.

4.   The Muslim town was deserted until this week when residents began trickling back.

5.   And by late Saturday morning, when Croatian troops entered Knin, the town was virtually deserted.

6.   Apart from Bo Town, where a handful of civilians greeted the peacekeepers, all the other towns were deserted.

7.   By late Saturday morning, when Croatian troops entered Knin, the town was virtually deserted.

8.   Denis said he expected Kabinda to fall within days, adding that most of its inhabitants had already deserted the town.

9.   The town is deserted except for its Tiger defenders.

10.   The town was deserted, its doors padlocked.