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Meanings of short visits in English

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Usage of short visits in English
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During this period Sir Mark Sykes paid two short visits to Wejh.
Hero: the life and legend of lawrence of arabia
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His colleagues paid him very short visits, and carefully avoided political conversation.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3
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It's too near for long visits, and too far for short visits.
The Small House at Allington
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Hollis had made short visits at home twice since she had left school.
Miss Prudence: A Story of Two Girls' Lives.
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After paying short visits to Lausanne, Berne, and Zurich, the party returned home.
Elizabeth Fry
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Of private history: I made short visits to Playford in January, April and July.
Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy
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None of them came back afterward, except for short visits with their new wives.
Truths unveiled
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You can't call short visits on Sunday afternoons seeing anyone.
Ralestone Luck
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Council leaders blame financial pressures, and say there are times when short visits are enough.
BBC
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I get short visits in the morning and afternoon.
Saving max
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However, he still honors Maurice Roger with short visits.
A Romance of Youth — Volume 3
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One morning he arrived without warning, as usual, to make one of his short visits.
An American Politician: A Novel
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There's that soldier nephew of Mrs Mott's, who is constantly running down on short visits.
Flaming June
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On three more occasions he paid short visits to England, but he lived there no more.
Erasmus and the Age of Reformation
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Local authorities say the short visits are sometimes appropriate and only used in a minority of cases.
BBC
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On the whole, I think that short visits to Europe are better for us than long ones.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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United States of America
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