| Armed with copies of the morning newspapers and flasks of coffee and dressed in their civvies, they chatted, or played cards to pass the time. |
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| But three knew that they would have packed as many civvies on board to reduce losses on the colony. |
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| Then he asked me if I was wearing my suspenders under my civvies because he was wearing his. |
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| However, it would have been nice to take the actual NHL teams into these arenas in civvies and battle it out that way. |
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| The contractor with the shaved head said he traded his Army uniform years ago for a technician's civvies. |
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| I was watching the class when one of the instructors came over and invited me to join in, even though I was in civvies. |
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| The contractor with the shaved-head said he traded his Army uniform years ago for a technician's civvies. |
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| But you wouldn't bet against him turning up there in civvies in future, management being an ambition still left to fulfil. |
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| Pete never settled after coming out of the RAF and could not accept the way civvies lived. |
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| Out in the car park, live wire Menashe has put away his coloured silk racing shirt and donned his civvies. |
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| He was in civvies rather than a uniform and he didn't give me a chance to clean up, although I carry bags with me to do just that. |
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| All were back in their civvies again after lunch for the spectacular parade of crews through the city. |
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| They have to be in the sea cadets for three months, have to be in civvies while the other are in uniform. |
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| He's in the army now, but his luck hasn't changed, because he runs into Tom, wearing civvies and giving Fred some sass. |
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| She is now back in civvies and one doubts she is pining for her days in the blue uniform. |
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| As Christmas rolls around again, it is not just department store Santas who are pulling on the false beards and changing out of their civvies. |
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| Another soldier from your unit, Pte Smith, is drinking with his mates including some civvies you do not recognise. |
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| Turning civvies into sailors is one of HMS Raleigh's most important roles. |
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| A petite mixed-race kid, he's in his civvies, wearing a long low-necked vest with XXL on it and a heavy gold chain. |
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| Formerly done by men in uniform, it is more routinely done today by military-intelligence types in civvies. |
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| Thein Sein, the former general who donned civvies to become president, met her in August, and persuaded her of the sincerity of his reformism. |
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| We're all pulling back as soon as the civvies are all evacuated. |
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| I insisted that the actors wear their street clothes, even to the extent of ordering several who arrived on stage in costume to change back to civvies. |
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| It was always such a strange thing to him to walk around in civvies. |
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| And then you go change into your civvies and join your new friends for dinner, moving from the inner sanctum to the dining room. |
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| I do not have robes and I do not have the wherewithal to obtain them and I seek permission of the Court to appear before you in mufti and civvies. |
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| For their sakes, given how badly they are outgunned, one hopes they will have the sense to throw down their weapons, change into civvies, and go home. |
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| We went up to the landing and there passing down by the end of the garden was a party of about 10 men in civvies, carrying rifles heading for the Pontoon Road. |
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| She sneaked into town on a freight train, covered her uniform with civvies, stuffed her hair into a floppy hat and donned some oversized Ray-Bans. |
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| I'm sure walking around in civvies hasn't been a hardship either. |
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| He had folded up his bashfulness and put it away with his civvies. |
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| An ordinary citizen at Scarborough on his annual Territorial Army camp was turned away from the Spa although he was with two friends in their civvies. |
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| Armed with copies of the morning newspapers, flasks of coffee, pre-packed butties and dressed in their civvies, they chatted, or played cards to pass the time. |
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| Some of these civvies would be armed with 357s and other weapons. |
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| First, a light recon group would have to evacuate any civvies in the area. |
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| Why should we have to suffer the failings of civvies in the armed forces? |
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| Stan Davies, 41 from Rhyl is hoping other local veterans and civvies will get behind him and as he takes on the task next week. |
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| Don is not going very far, however, as he has simply changed his uniform in for civvies but remains as Director General of Criminal Intelligence Service Canada. |
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| Oh yes, the civvies knew more then we did. |
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| The rewards of a deployment like this are life experiences that help us grow as human beings, and the things we see that civvies would have to pay an arm and leg for. |
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| Passed through Somaine Penian and saw all kinds of civvies. |
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| Army sources said he was in civvies and was caught roaming around the Line of Control. |
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| Before he donned civvies to become a reformer, Mr Thein Sein was head of the Triangle Region Military Command from 1997-2001, thethe south-east of Lashio. |
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| So when I came to Emmerdale I dumped my police uniform for civvies, so who knows? |
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| In his memoirs, With My Little Eye, he tells of a meeting between a mystery man in civvies and a key naval ocer in a Portsmouth pub. |
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| Most of us civvies couldn't care less about scheduling, we're just annoyed we have to choose which to watch and which to record. |
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| Tired of the endless battle between liberals and identity politicians, Western civvies and multicultis? |
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| If General Musharraf does fulfil his promise to slip into civvies, his designated successor as army chief, General Ashfaq Kiyani, has an unenviable task. |
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| Although the rum ration is now a thing of the past, old sailors and civvies alike are still able to enjoy a 'tot' of authentic Navy Rum. |
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