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1  But here are three separate tracks of the same feet.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
2  They were all three standing in a knot in front of the altar.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
3  I know, also, that they were all three away from the ship last night.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
4  Now, on the other side of this narrow wing runs the corridor from which these three rooms open.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
5  He made a sweeping bow to the three of us and walked quietly off in the custody of the detective.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
6  When Lee laid down his arms my uncle returned to his plantation, where he remained for three or four years.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
7  We live very quietly, sir, the three of us; and we keep a roof over our heads and pay our debts, if we do nothing more.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
8  It was with his barmaid wife that he had spent the last three days in Bristol, and his father did not know where he was.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
9  I took up the envelope and saw scrawled in red ink upon the inner flap, just above the gum, the letter K three times repeated.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
10  Suddenly, to my surprise, the three at the altar faced round to me, and Godfrey Norton came running as hard as he could towards me.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
11  In the case of Pondicherry, seven weeks elapsed between the threat and its fulfilment, in Dundee it was only some three or four days.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
12  If this man could afford to buy so expensive a hat three years ago, and has had no hat since, then he has assuredly gone down in the world.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
13  He had a garden and two or three fields round his house, and there he would take his exercise, though very often for weeks on end he would never leave his room.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
14  He had been out with his serving-man in the morning at Ross, and he had told the man that he must hurry, as he had an appointment of importance to keep at three.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
15  A broad wheal from an old scar ran right across it from eye to chin, and by its contraction had turned up one side of the upper lip, so that three teeth were exposed in a perpetual snarl.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
16  That the man was highly intellectual is of course obvious upon the face of it, and also that he was fairly well-to-do within the last three years, although he has now fallen upon evil days.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
17  By the time that their sailing-ship reaches Savannah the mail-boat will have carried this letter, and the cable will have informed the police of Savannah that these three gentlemen are badly wanted here upon a charge of murder.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
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