Bradbury states definitely, after a thorough investigation—not after aflyingvisitin an aeroplane but after two years of inquiry—that the chief cause of tuberculosis in this country is poverty.
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One can occasionally, shall we say, make aflyingvisit.
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I made aflyingvisitto the heart of that national park only yesterday.
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He made aflyingvisita little earlier and then disappeared, no doubt astonished and dismayed.
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