The citizens were, of course, building the case against themselves.
The richest citizens and merchants built their houses around the new centre of the town.
Tired of waiting for county officials, private citizens built a public schoolhouse in 1913.
Every citizen in every authoritarian society already has such a "radio" built into his or her brain.
In 1946 local citizens built the first ski lifts, and the area became known as Snow Park.
Each citizen, it appeared, had built as he chose.
For leisure, the citizens of Senate also built a tennis court and a baseball diamond across the train tracks.
About the same time as work on restoring the cathedral was underway, the citizens of Ribe built a second wall around the town.
The citizens built walls, ramparts, ditches and so on at their own expense.
His samurai and many citizens built houses below the castle.