| empire be | 3.49 | The empire was thus born. | ||
| empire include | 1.51 | Branson is a British billionaire whose empire includes airline service and music. | ||
| empire collapse | 1.12 | Earlier that year, his empire had collapsed. | ||
| empire crumble | 1.12 | The Soviet empire crumbled. | ||
| empire have | 0.53 | The empire had for years been falling into decadence. | ||
| empire begin | 0.39 | The vast empire was beginning to crumble. | ||
| empire go | 0.39 | There goes the empire. | ||
| empire grow | 0.39 | The empire had grown through conquest and negotiation. | ||
| empire stretch | 0.39 | Centuries ago, an Armenian empire stretched from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean. | ||
| empire dissolve | 0.33 | Back here, the empire has dissolved. | ||
| empire make | 0.33 | Even the richest newspaper empires make less than half that. | ||
| empire continue | 0.26 | But his empire continues to grow. | ||
| empire rise | 0.26 | History is replete with examples of how empires rose and fell. | ||
| empire seem | 0.26 | Just a year ago the Disney empire seemed in jeopardy. | ||
| empire span | 0.26 | Their empire once spanned several continents. | ||
| empire strike | 0.26 | The empire has struck back. |