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1  I fear that you have felt the draught.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
2  The only drawback is that there is no law, I fear, that can touch the scoundrel.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
3  But in avoiding the sensational, I fear that you may have bordered on the trivial.
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ContextHighlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
4  I fear that I have brought some traces of the storm and rain into your snug chamber.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
5  Watson, I fear that you will find it very slow, but I shall only be away a couple of hours.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
6  I could see at a glance that she was sick with fear, and the sight sent a chill to my own heart.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
7  I slipped out of bed, all palpitating with fear, and peeped round the corner of my dressing-room door.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
8  Had this lady who appeals to us for help gone to live in Winchester, I should never have had a fear for her.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
9  It swelled up louder and louder, a hoarse yell of pain and fear and anger all mingled in the one dreadful shriek.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
10  It is the vilest murder-trap on the whole riverside, and I fear that Neville St. Clair has entered it never to leave it more.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
11  I fear that I bore you with these details, but I have to let you see my little difficulties, if you are to understand the situation.
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ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
12  Now keep your eyes open in this crowd for your friends of last night, though I very much fear that they are a good hundred miles off by now.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
13  As to what it was he feared, we can only deduce that by considering the formidable letters which were received by himself and his successors.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
14  His extreme love of solitude in England suggests the idea that he was in fear of someone or something, so we may assume as a working hypothesis that it was fear of someone or something which drove him from America.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
15  Knowing that my wife would be terribly anxious, I slipped off my ring and confided it to the Lascar at a moment when no constable was watching me, together with a hurried scrawl, telling her that she had no cause to fear.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
16  He has a passion also for Indian animals, which are sent over to him by a correspondent, and he has at this moment a cheetah and a baboon, which wander freely over his grounds and are feared by the villagers almost as much as their master.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
17  My limbs were weary and stiff, for I feared to change my position; yet my nerves were worked up to the highest pitch of tension, and my hearing was so acute that I could not only hear the gentle breathing of my companions, but I could distinguish the deeper, heavier in-breath of the bulky Jones from the thin, sighing note of the bank director.
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ContextHighlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
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