1 The security guards were invariably ex-servicemen.

2 She contracted a formal marriage to a British ex-serviceman.

3 The ex-serviceman need not have worried.

4 The scheme for civilians ended in November 1919, but some unemployed ex-servicemen continued to receive the donation until March 1921.

5 As ex-Servicemen, they had not only dealt with the situations I feared most, but also those I could not imagine.

6 My father is an ex-serviceman. As he is introspective and taciturn, I seldom hear the word "love" in his speech even once. According to mother's evaluation, he is a thin-skinned man.