1.   The building stood empty for several years.

2.   The house has been empty for a long time.

3.   The house has sat empty for two years.

4.   The house was empty for many years and fell into disrepair.

5.   The house was empty for two months before it was sold.

6.   The shop had been standing empty for some time, and needed a great deal of work.

7.   You could see someone had been looking after the garden, even though the house had been empty for years.

8.   The house had been empty for years and all the windows had been bricked up.

9.   The school has been empty for ten years.

10.   It stood empty for years and then in nineteen ten some benefactor purchased it.