1.   John was a great footballer in his younger days.

2.   Thurmond is as mean in his dotage as he was in his younger days.

3.   In her younger days my mother had been a successful fashionwear saleswoman.

4.   Mr Honda was himself a keen racing driver in his younger days.

5.   That support involved ferrying Chris all over the country for race meetings in his younger days.

6.   In his younger days, before modern copyright laws were introduced, he thundered against the theft and misuse of his character.

7.   Walter played full-back for Trinity Academicals and tennis for Dunblane in his younger days.

8.   Alomar had been the subject of some teasing by teammates for a couple of days over an old baseball card from his younger days with the Padres.

9.   At least in his book he admits to a wilder streak in his younger days.

10.   Asked if his younger days in Washington were lonely, he sighed.