Sentence examples for which once served from inspiring English sources

Destination one: Pollepel Island, home to crumbling Bannerman Castle, which once served as a munitions warehouse.

"The turnout was amazing," said Ms. Markert over lunch in the Hillwood cafeteria, which once served as the estate's stables.

Housed in a former 19th-century ship's chandlery, which once served Colonial ships, this bistro and wine bar exudes atmosphere.

The top floor, which once served as a Nazi watchtower, is now a 360-degree observation deck cum living room.

Most gringo-oriented businesses have struggled: a few blocks away Club 21, a betting shop, has closed, as has the Montana restaurant, which once served toothsome steaks.

Even a thumb-size bit of blue faience, which once served to identify a pharoah's papyrus scrolls, impresses with its beautiful color and craftsmanship.

(Full disclosure: in 2013, I led a panel discussion at the launch of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, which is housed at the Center for American Progress, and for which Podesta once served as chairman).

But they are also embroiled in a messy discrimination lawsuit against their condo board, which Ms. Bruni once served on.

The paintings are set to go on permanent display along the walls of Fanta Café, which was once served as the old railway station's Art Nouveau entrance hall.

And the House Science, Space and Technology Committee (on which he once served) has, in the past two years, held more hearings on the possibility of extraterrestrial life than climate change.

Mr. Ashcroft, a Republican senator until his defeat this fall, will face friendly questioning from his Republican colleagues on the Judiciary Committee on which he once served.