Part of the house was once occupied by a post office and store.

The place where the park now stands was once occupied by a small lake.

The prisoners were allowed to see into the world they had once occupied.

The top of the hill was once occupied by a small fort.

It once occupied two floors, but now has just one, under a bank.

Fred's car was deep in a place a stable had once occupied.

The building which the theater once occupied, however, is now being used as a place of religious worship.

Some of what was once occupied area is now under the water slightly offshore.

An apartment now sits on the corner we once occupied.

It is the space one occupies once inside the door, but not yet into the main interior of the building.