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petrol pump

NOUN
  1. a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks

How To Use petrol pump In A Sentence

  • Has the price at the petrol pumps dropped that much? The Sun
  • He just minds his own business and looks forlornly at the petrol pumps. Times, Sunday Times
  • The news of increase in sales tax on diesel had met with stiff resistance from petrol pump dealers, who had threatened to go on a strike in protest against it.
  • The new law also applies to petrol pumps, alcohol dispensers, weighbridges, industrial scales, firewood and even rubbish dumped at the tip.
  • Londoner Richard Tompkins worked as a petrol pump attendant before starting the stamp company in 1956.
  • Over 100 stations were forced to close after activists cut power to the petrol pumps and tied petrol pump nozzles together.
  • In its place, service stations were to be required to install vapour traps directly on to petrol pumps.
  • He was forced into circus races against horses and worked as a playground janitor and petrol pump attendant before filing for bankruptcy and moving into PR. Times, Sunday Times
  • Once the gas flow is adequate, the petrol pump is switched off.
  • A precedent for the scheme was established when the development agency was involved in subsidising the installation of lead-free petrol pumps in remote areas in the 1980s - but this time the fuel companies are eager to be involved.
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