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1  Lestrade shrugged his shoulders.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
2  Lestrade shrugged his shoulders.
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ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
3  Lestrade looked sadly at my companion.
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ContextHighlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
4  Lestrade shot an angry glance at my companion.
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5  Lestrade rose in his triumph and bent his head to look.
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ContextHighlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
6  He came back alone, for Lestrade was staying in lodgings in the town.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
7  That is what Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, looks upon as so serious.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
8  Having left Lestrade at his rooms, we drove to our hotel, where we found lunch upon the table.
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ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
9  By an examination of the ground I gained the trifling details which I gave to that imbecile Lestrade, as to the personality of the criminal.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
10  In spite of the light brown dustcoat and leather-leggings which he wore in deference to his rustic surroundings, I had no difficulty in recognising Lestrade, of Scotland Yard.
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ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
11  Nothing could be more natural than the sequence of events as narrated by this lady, and nothing stranger than the result when viewed, for instance, by Mr. Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
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ContextHighlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
12  Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, is acting already in the matter, but he assures me that he sees no objection to your co-operation, and that he even thinks that it might be of some assistance.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
13  Lestrade showed us the exact spot at which the body had been found, and, indeed, so moist was the ground, that I could plainly see the traces which had been left by the fall of the stricken man.
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ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
14  Lestrade, being rather puzzled, has referred the case to me, and hence it is that two middle-aged gentlemen are flying westward at fifty miles an hour instead of quietly digesting their breakfasts at home.
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ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
15  To take the first example to hand, I very clearly perceive that in your bedroom the window is upon the right-hand side, and yet I question whether Mr. Lestrade would have noted even so self-evident a thing as that.
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ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
16  Lestrade and I walked behind him, the detective indifferent and contemptuous, while I watched my friend with the interest which sprang from the conviction that every one of his actions was directed towards a definite end.
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ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
17  There are several people in the neighbourhood, however, and among them Miss Turner, the daughter of the neighbouring landowner, who believe in his innocence, and who have retained Lestrade, whom you may recollect in connection with the Study in Scarlet, to work out the case in his interest.
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ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
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