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Example Sentences
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"I asked my old commanding officer about it and he said it was because everyone was fed up. It was six years of war and it was such a huge relief when VE Day came."
From BBC
According to the outlet, Collins was 11 when VE was celebrated in 1945.
From Fox News
Her husband Charlie Harrison was away fighting, and when VE Day came she still had not told him about the twins.
From BBC
"Oh! desperately, as your vorship may natt'rully suppose, when ve'd only come together three days."
From Project Gutenberg
When VE Day came it was wonderful, the terrible fighting was going to end, but you also thought of friends in Japan who were prisoners of war where the fight was still going on.
From BBC
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