Sentence examples for had formerly stood from inspiring English sources

It was the size of four city blocks, smack in the middle of northern Beijing; any buildings that had formerly stood on it had been cleared away.

The Uberti family houses had formerly stood at the location of the new piazza, but the Uberti were "rebels of Florence and Ghibellines" and thus the plaza was intentionally laid upon the former location of their homes so they could never be rebuilt.

Across from the corner where Bouazizi immolated himself stood a fifteen-foot, abstract sculpture that had formerly honored the Rally government.

He had he had formerly published in Nashville, Tennesee.

WHO had formerly controlled the area and its people?

She was 45 and had formerly lived in Edinburgh and London.

Scotland had formerly been strong Labour Party territory.

Students had formerly been housed at Kibbutz Ramat Rachel.

Melnick had formerly served as the publicist for the series.

It is this reassumption of a cherished view that requires all of number One's 1,776 ft. Having formerly been able to stand on this summit, it was incumbent on those wishing to avenge the victims of the 11 September attacks that it be conquered again - because, you might say, it was once there.

Once, I turned a corner and found nothing but a rectangle of concrete where a house formerly stood, as if a giant child had simply plucked it from the urban fabric.