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Used with adjectives:
"
The city is full of big buildings."
(big, high-rise, huge, large, massive, tall, towering)
"
Our neighborhood has mostly small buildings."
(small, low, single-story, industrial, commercial, residential)
"
This is a beautiful building."
(beautiful, attractive, magnificent, nice)
"
We live in an apartment building."
(apartment, historic, modern, new, brick, concrete, wood)
"
The city is tearing down many condemned buildings."
(condemned, dilapidated, rundown, abandoned, empty, old, vacant)
"
He manages the church building."
(church, factory, hospital, office, school)
Used with verbs:
"
He designs government buildings."
(designs, builds, constructs)
"
The construction workers completed the building."
(completed, finished)
"
They demolished all of the abandoned buildings."
(demolished, destroyed, knocked down, tore down)
"
The buildings were damaged in the tornado."
(be + damaged)
"
They are renovating old buildings."
(be + renovating, be + restoring)
"
We have occupied this building for years."
(occupied, leased)
"
We had to evacuate the building because of a fire."
(evacuate)
"
The building collapsed during the earthquake."
(collapsed)
Used with nouns:
"
They hired a building company."
(company, contractor, inspector)
"
The building materials were very expensive."
(materials, costs)
