He didn't so much live with us as occupy space.
Death's study did not occupy space in the normal sense of the word.
A few books occupied the space between the two small windows.
I don't believe they occupy the space directly below us.
He said the bank would begin occupying the space in May.
But they occupy space in our houses the whole one hundred percent of the time.
For each of the three states, the process occupies space in main memory.
The words could have occupied half the space they did occupy!
It's a very different experience to find one's face and body occupying the space of another person.