Example sentences of "on [pron] [num ord] visit " in BNC.
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| 1 | On my second visit , I made tea , on the third I took the dog for a walk . |
| 2 | In the early Sixties , on my first visit to America , I was introduced to Milton by Coral Browne . |
| 3 | On my first visit to a venue I take photographs , get hold of the plans , make extensive notes — and there will still be a hundred things I 'll miss . |
| 4 | On my first visit Amman was an overgrown , untidy Arab village , surrounded by seven hills . |
| 5 | I noticed that on my first visit to Kinghorn . ’ |
| 6 | On my first visit to the village I was unable to find any of its vines and when I asked several people from the larger Champagne houses , few had even heard of its vineyards , let alone of their elevated status . |
| 7 | I remembered the black tents I had seen on this same spot on my first visit . |
| 8 | She named the same two hand-maids who had been with me on my first visit . |
| 9 | My first bout of football pain came on March 15 , 1969 , when on my first visit to Wembley I watched Swindon Town of the Third Division destroy Arsenal with two goals in extra time . |
| 10 | On my first visit , we sat together for a long time , talking of this and that . |
| 11 | On my first visit , several years ago , I saw — and they are unmistakable — eagles . |
| 12 | On my first visit , I sat and said nothing : all my conversation was stilled to triviality and I listened to Belle telling stories . |
| 13 | One abiding memory for me was on my first visit to his home in 1965 . |
| 14 | Then the old porter I 'd seen on my first visit shambled across the hallway , teapot with no lid in one hand and a bottle of milk in the other . |
| 15 | ‘ The second occasion , of course , was when I was hit by a car in Monte Carlo on my third visit there … let me see , yes , it would have been twenty-seven years ago , three days before Christmas . |
| 16 | It would n't surprise me at all if on my next visit to Sweden all the pedestrians were wearing miners ' lamps . |
| 17 | At that moment her Arabic was even poorer than mine , for she was new to the household , but on my next visit she would be rattling away in this throaty language and I would be struggling as usual . |
| 18 | On my next visit to Southampton I tried in vain for a chat with the young man who had just won a match for Hampshire and deserved to bask in a discreet amount of praise . |
| 19 | I recalled that they should learn a few verses to say to me on my next visit . |
| 20 | On my last visit I swam in the Grjótagjá pools — a true delight for someone so young and so unused to mixed nude dipping . |
| 21 | On my last visit to Wood Green , I saw that an attractive house had been built on that part of the garden . |
| 22 | Years later , on my last visit to that pioneering control-room , I could still see the marks on the wall where our preliminary broadcast signals were given . |
| 23 | I met him on my last visit to Glasgow recently : a jolly , likeable man today . |
| 24 | IN recent years I have made several trips to Portugal 's Algarve coast and on my last visit in January this year was presented with a booklet entitled ‘ Cricket in Portugal ’ . |
| 25 | On my last visit to Lewis I found myself repelled by the use of derogatory nicknames , and could n't understand why I was reacting so violently . |
| 26 | From his excited account I was able to tell him that that was the exact area in which I had , on my last visit , planted a hundred daffodil bulbs . |
| 27 | Once you 've crossed the river , cross rough ground to a second river , Larachantivore , where there is ( or was on my last visit , at any rate ) an ancient and rickety bridge . |
| 28 | As I went out , past the shrouded furniture in the front room ( things made ready these twenty years past for the move that never came ) I noticed a Lowry reproduction hanging over the mantelpiece that had n't been there on my last visit . |
| 29 | The source for all this is impeccable , by the way — I spoke to Intel boss Andy Grove , on my last visit to the US . |
| 30 | You will remember ; but here is his story , as he told it to me on my last visit . |