Below you will find example sentences with "filling stations". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Filling Stations in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: filling
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.7 words

Words in this phrase

filling stations

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • filling can mean: present participle and gerund of fill Frequent word
  • stations can mean: plural of station Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

accessible hydrogen filling stations 1× at many filling stations across nigeria 1× chains of filling stations to make 1× correspondent that filling stations in lokoja 1× drivers and filling stations which was 1× especially in filling stations owned by 1× for bottle filling stations and cartridges 1× for petrol filling stations 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

according to latest 1× also an attendant 1× commissioner for transportation 1× customers are encouraged 1× despite these assurances 1× he added that 1×

Common sentence endings:

40 filling stations 1× are also closing 1× at filling stations 1× at n1 450 1× by independent marketers 1× double the price 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

petrol 6× queues 4× petroleum 3× products 3× lagos 3× especially 3× oil 3× product 3× non 3× across 3× motorists 2× area 2×

Related phrases

radio stations polling stations police stations television stations charging stations railway stations filling station

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around filling:

filling station 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

filling station filed lawsuit filed complaint file transfer file system file photo

Just after it in the phrase index:

film adaptation film cameras film festival film follows film industry film starring

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

filling station

Same ending:

radio stations polling stations police stations television stations charging stations railway stations

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "filling stations" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as accessible hydrogen filling stations, at many filling stations across nigeria, petrol, queues and petroleum stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with radio stations, polling stations, police stations and filling station, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with filling stations

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

He added that many filling stations and other essential service providers are also closing. (14 words)

In Lagos, our correspondents observed highway gridlocks caused by motorists queuing up for products at filling stations. (17 words)

Customers are encouraged to check store locators online for specific opening times, especially for petrol filling stations. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Lamenting the hardships caused by the non availability of petroleum products in the filling stations across the country, he said the federal government should without wasting time urgently look for ways to ease the current fuel scarcity in the country. (40 words)

Petrol queues have returned again with most filling stations not dispensing petrol due to non-availability of the product and worse of it is that where the product is available, we are paying double the price. (36 words)

Also, an attendant in Badagry Lagos State, Bose Opeyemi, told our correspondent that the product sold at the rate of N1,395 in some parts of Badagry, while some filling stations sold at N1,450. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Ogieva-Okunbor said that it was unsafe for filling stations that dispensed petrol for vehicles to be filling gas cylinders in the same location.

According to latest information, the Road Administration is holding negotiations with operators of chains of filling stations to make payment of the tax possible at stations.

Despite these assurances, long queues dotted the few petrol stations opened to motorists, while Conoil petrol station at Area 1, Garki, Sea Petroleum filling stations at Area 3, Garki, were not selling.

He said: “So, it makes the job of policing the movement of petroleum products on motor bikes more difficult, there are many border stations that have up to 30 to 40 filling stations.

Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, in a statement on Thursday, said filling stations on the highways that failed to heed to order would be sanctioned.

He added that many filling stations and other essential service providers are also closing.

In Lagos, our correspondents observed highway gridlocks caused by motorists queuing up for products at filling stations.

Shuaibu noted the increase in outbreaks of fire in the downstream, especially with tanker drivers and filling stations, which was not good for the oil industry.

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Those who deposited all of their cash or 90% have been left stranded as the cashless policy does not relate in the transportation system, market or some filling stations who extort their customers.

Also, an attendant in Badagry Lagos State, Bose Opeyemi, told our correspondent that the product sold at the rate of N1,395 in some parts of Badagry, while some filling stations sold at N1,450.

Customers are encouraged to check store locators online for specific opening times, especially for petrol filling stations.

Even with the Dangote refinery, the price of PMS stood above N1,000/litre in some locations, especially in filling stations owned by independent marketers.

Here in Southwest Michigan, Benton Harbor Charter School Academy is receiving more than $17,000 for bottle-filling stations and cartridges.

In fact, the future of hydrogen in the U.S. was thrown into doubt this week when oil giant Shell announced that it was closing it’s publicly accessible hydrogen filling stations.

It has also offered non-potable river water at filling stations, and more than half a million litres have been picked up by residents.

It is curious that since April 2024, fuel queues had mounted at many filling stations across Nigeria, and the infamous ‘black market’ has sprouted in several states.

Its Executive Secretary, Mr Clement Isong, gave this advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) due to the ongoing queues at filling stations across Lagos.

Lamenting the hardships caused by the non availability of petroleum products in the filling stations across the country, he said the federal government should without wasting time urgently look for ways to ease the current fuel scarcity in the country.

Oil marketers told our correspondent that filling stations in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, were also shut.

Petrol queues have returned again with most filling stations not dispensing petrol due to non-availability of the product and worse of it is that where the product is available, we are paying double the price.

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