Example sentences of "[noun prp] the germans " in BNC.
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| 1 | By mid-September the Germans were almost completely driven out of France and Belgium . |
| 2 | DURING the months of March , April and May , while at Verdun the Germans were painfully inching forward towards the summits of Le Mort Homme and Côte 304 , in the world outside there was little enough the belligerents could find of positive comfort . |
| 3 | In Parma the Germans and Fascists began to leave in the early hours of the morning . |
| 4 | By the second half of February the Germans were beginning to be really worried by the advance — although slow — of the Allies and by the strong resistance of the partisans , so they decided to make a deal with the partisan leaders to save their own lives . |
| 5 | In their initial — and nearly successful — attempt on the Mort Homme the Germans had sought to outflank it from the northeast , and now they tried a similar movement on Côte 304 from the west . |
| 6 | In the Victor the Germans were always getting slaughtered by plucky chaps with square jaw-lines and purple stubble . |
| 7 | By 28 October the Germans were forced back by the rising waters , many were drowned and masses of weapons were lost . |
| 8 | In Austria the Germans made up 36.8 per cent of the population . |
| 9 | Both there and at Keetmanshoep the Germans built headquarters stations which could take on a new strategic role in time of war . |
| 10 | The pro-German government in Yugoslavia was subjected , in March 1941 , to a coup d'etat and the young King Peter assumed the government , but in April the Germans launched an attack , not confined to Yugoslavia , but also embracing Greece , using paratroops on a massive scale and with ‘ blitzkrieg ’ methods . |
| 11 | Between Armentieres and the North Sea the Germans had massed 402 battalions , against which the Allies had only 267 . |