"occupy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Britain had occupied Egypt and controlled the Egyptian government after invading the country during the 19th century.
- On his way out, the British confiscated his briefcase and found a list of the people Rommel planned to arrest when he occupied Egypt.
- They had occupied Egypt and cast it into a cultural decline that persisted until a revival brought about by her policies and innovations.
- For some time he did not cooperate very cordially with the United Kingdom, (whose army had occupied Egypt in 1882).
- Tewfik appealed for help to the British, who subsequently occupied Egypt in 1882.
- This treaty allowed British military forces to occupy Egypt when and if the Suez Canal was threatened.
- During the two years after the Battle of Issus, Alexander proceeded to occupy the Mediterranean coast and Egypt.
- The British were trying to occupy Egypt after the French army had left the country.
- He then proceeds to explain his reasoning for occupying Egypt with his army, using a succession crisis among the Egyptian royal family as his pretence.
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