Sentence examples for first gas station from inspiring English sources

When the obligatory afternoon thunderstorm hit, he pulled into the first gas station.

"Stop at the first gas station or market and ask if Bob's Barbecue is still around," advised a contributor to the Chowhound Web site.

I could have rented a GPS, but a good old paper map from the first gas station I found and Google Maps on my phone would do just fine.

This was Westport's first gas station, beginning around 1910, and though autos continued to pull in as late as the 1980s, the 700-square-foot wooden building remained much the same.

About four hours later, around sunset, I hit the outskirts of San Antonio, pulled into the first gas station I saw, and called David and Melissa to tell them I'd made it.

The first gas stations, built at busy intersections in rapidly growing neighborhoods, both here in Southern California and across the nation, were a vital component to suburban growth.

This was the sixth gas station he had visited, Mr. Shaaban said, and he had been in line more than an hour.

"He bought Ed Ruscha's first Standard gas station painting, which is now in Sid Bass's collection, and one of Andy's Campbell's soup cans for $75 in 1962".

I immediately identified the second closest gas station on the digital map, and stopped a few minutes later to find myself in the same situation at another address in the city: no sign of a gas station.

BJ's Gas, the first Long Island gas station associated with a warehouse outlet, marries two routines of suburban life -- buying oodles of groceries and slaking the thirst of the insatiable creature in the driveway.

The first self-service gas station in the U.S. began operating in 1947 -- a full 9 years after the first minimum wage.