desert somebody for something

The place looked as though it had been deserted for years, which couldn't be true.

The place looked as though it had been deserted for months.

The Heart was deserted save for the four of the little company.

The room could not have been deserted for more than about a quarter of an hour.

She does not want him to desert her for the life of a priest.

The place was deserted but for two groups of tourists.

The camp had apparently been deserted for a period of time.

This city had been deserted for at least six hundred years, standard.

It wouldn't need much, even though it's been deserted for years.

Thus the villages were deserted for at least eight months of the year.