Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] by [art] germans " in BNC.
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| 1 | The castle and grounds , which include the greatest arboretum in Poland , at present belong to the colossal state forestry authority , while the collections have been dispersed not only to Poznan , but also to Warsaw , whose National Museum is sitting on the remains of the unique collection of Etruscan and Greek vases ( some are in Moscow , while others were looted by the Germans , along with all the Limoges enamels , some of which regularly turn up in Western collections ) . |
| 2 | During the raid two Hurricanes were claimed by the Germans , the second victor not being identified ; Plt.Off . |
| 3 | ‘ They were shot by the Germans . ’ |
| 4 | Both saw action of the most extreme kind and both were captured by the Germans . |
| 5 | We managed to survive the crash but after two weeks of lying-low were captured by the Germans . ’ |
| 6 | Some reached Switzerland and some made for the mountains , but the majority , around eighty , were recaptured by the Germans . |
| 7 | He was caught by the Germans and spent seven months in a prisoner of war camp before being freed and returning to continue his army career , retiring as a captain in 1955 . |
| 8 | The local stately home , Chateau Gaillard , was occupied by the Germans during the war . |
| 9 | The great German superiority in artillery made the outcome inevitable : the Russians abandoned Warsaw and the city was occupied by the Germans on 5 August . |
| 10 | It was during World War II that she was to face her greatest challenge when Sark , with the other Channel Islands , was occupied by the Germans in July 1940 . |
| 11 | PREMIER John Major was ambushed by the Germans last night in a move which could force Britain off the road to European unity . |
| 12 | Gerard says that pounded and mixed with vinegar it was used by the Germans as a sauce for fish and with " such like meates as we do mustard " . |
| 13 | Immediately before Hitler 's invasion of Poland Knox went with A. G. Denniston [ q.v. ] , the head of GC and CS , to a secret base at Pyry , where he was shown a reconstruction of the Enigma cipher machine , which was used by the Germans . |
| 14 | But the only thing I know is that that ship was sunk by the Germans in Cardigan Bay . |
| 15 | Fairfax says she was killed by the Germans . |
| 16 | The crew of six survived the impact , five of them escaped to Sweden by the sixth member , Vic Stevens the Flight Engineer , injured his foot and being unable to travel was captured by the Germans . |
| 17 | However one particular champion of the potato was Antoine-Augustin Parmentier a French chemist who was captured by the Germans during the Seven Years War and survived largely on a diet of potatoes . |