Examples of 'built the town' in a sentence

Meaning of "built the town"

built the town ~ to create and establish a town or city, often in reference to someone who was instrumental in its development

How to use "built the town" in a sentence

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built the town
They built the town right on top.
The rest of the people built the town.
He built the town for his workers.
Then they built the town.
He built the town on top of them.
The oil money pretty much built the town.
I built the town library.
And the good people who built the town lived in fear.
He built the town and named it after his bride.
Kilroy stole their land and built the town of Kilroy.
They built the town with what they dug out.
He also established a theatre at The Octagon and built the town of Louisburgh.
The king had built the town on his land.
In fact, the prisoners cut the wood and built the town.
At the time it was built the town had several other businesses.

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Unless, the gas lamps were there and they built the town around it.
When the railroad was built the town was moved to its present location.
After all … after all your father was the one who built the town.
The men who built the town could not wait for.
To accommodate the workers and support his smelter Daly built the town of Anaconda, Montana.
Croats built the town walls and moved the town nearer to the sea.
They set up a sawmill, cleared land, and built the town from scratch.
Thus was built the town of Miramont.
Let him come, let him come, the man who built the town.
They pretty much built the town of Trona themselves.
In 1621 they were allowed to settle in Schleswig, where they built the town of Friedrichstadt.
They built the town of Madikeri and made it their capital.
According to the legend, Saint-Méen had built the town of Talensac.
He built the town that later became Christchurch, on the north side of the harbour.
Indirectly, his firm built the town of Hershey, Pennsylvania.
They built the town with what they dug out. It's an old quarry.
Tell me! I built the town.
Mining built the town of Patience, Colorado.
In 1651 on the middle of market square built the town hall with a wooden tower.
They planned and built the town of Carleton, named after Sir Guy Carleton.
No, and me, with my own two hands, I built the town library.
And me, with my 2 hands, I built the town library.

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