In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
On getting to the seashore, _____
Answer Details
The most suitable word to fill the gap in the sentence would be "he found nobody there." The sentence implies that someone (presumably the subject of the sentence) has arrived at the seashore and is looking for people, but cannot find anyone.
"It was empty" and "people had deserted the place" have similar meanings, but they imply that there should have been people present, and they left for some reason. On the other hand, "nobody was there" and "he found nobody there" imply that the place was not expected to have anyone there.
Therefore, "he found nobody there" is the most appropriate phrase to fill the gap in the sentence, as it conveys the idea that the person arrived at the seashore and did not find anyone there, without suggesting that anyone should have been there in the first place.