Sentence examples for grey army from inspiring English sources

"We wanted to get on the grey army train and buy a decent caravan and a reliable four-wheel drive – that's what the money was for basically," West says.

When Gurov - like Orpheus descending to the underworld - travelled to S-, he found a long grey fence in front of Anna Sergeyevna's house and in his hotel room "the floor was covered with grey army cloth, and on the table was an inkstand, grey with dust".

The third group is the "grey army", made up of older Australians over 60, who are often highly qualified ex-professionals looking to make money and keep active.

I love the contrast between the tiny pink van and the grey-black army trucks".

The member of an old Northumberland family and son of Sir Henry Grey, Baronet, Grey entered the army at age 19 and, by 1755, had become lieutenant colonel, serving with forces in France and Germany in the years 1757 61 and in the capture of Havana (1762).

McNee presented Thatcher with a list of equipment he needed including riot shields, water cannon, rubber bullets and armoured vehicles – preferably painted blue rather than kept army grey, CS gas and even a "heli-telly" – an early mobile surveillance helicopter – during a midnight visit to Scotland Yard.

Yet many will grow old long before they grow rich enough to care for a growing army of grey heads.Where have all the babies gone Caring for granny will be the most obvious consequence of an ageing planet.

Thirty-year-old MBA managers on the executive fast track thinking of their grey-haired staffers as an army of dear old dads?

A crucifix swung around his grey vest and an ornate army sentry ring glittered on his left hand.

The Italian Army used grigio-verde ("grey-green") in the Alps from 1906 and across the army from 1909.

During the Crimean war, British army officers wore the grey raincoats to withstand the Russian winter.