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  • And you will enjoy it all the more if you remember that by using Empire fruit to make it you will give a helping hand to the thousands of British Overseas — most of them ex-Service men and their families — by whom that fruit is grown.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • And you will enjoy it all the more if you remember that by using Empire fruit to make it you will give a helping hand to the thousands of British Overseas — most of them ex-Service men and their families — by whom that fruit is grown.

    The Empire Christmas Pudding 2009

  • And she lay still, listening to the tea-time sounds of a quiet street — taxis rounding the corner from the river; the dog next door barking at the postman; that one-legged man — ex-Service — who came most afternoons and played on a poor fiddle.

    The Silver Spoon 2004

  • A few names appeared on the small screen, possible contacts she might yet be able to trust: a newsnet reporter named Holis, her old instructor at the academy, and Coren Lanra, the ex-Service agent she had seen at the gallery, now working for DyNan Manual Industries.

    Mirage Tiedemann, Mark W. 2000

  • Mia hesitated, wondering how much to reveal, how much any revelation might tell a trained ex-Service agent by what it left out or implied.

    Mirage Tiedemann, Mark W. 2000

  • Viola Dawson had been right about ex-Service people.

    The Breaking Wave Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1955

  • The question became unimportant after the war, for a benevolent decree exempted ex-Service men from taking it.

    Surprised by Joy Lewis, C. S. 1955

  • That little band of brothers is only ex-Service, among other things.

    The Tiger in the Smoke Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1952

  • The older, shorter man who was clearly his brother, since the resemblance was remarkable, and the ragged acrobat who had now laid aside his crutches and was moving with perfect ease without them, these could well be ex-Service.

    The Tiger in the Smoke Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1952

  • English pedigree, and engaged a number of ex-Service men to manage the property.

    Canada J. G. Bourinot

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