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1  As to the oak there could be no question at all.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
2  His first question was whether Holmes had arrived yet.
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ContextHighlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
3  If there is any point which I have not made clear, pray question me about it.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face
4  Holmes listened attentively to everything, throwing in a question from time to time.
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ContextHighlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
5  If I might ask you to wait here for an instant, I have a question which I should like to put to the maid.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
6  This, however, is beside the question, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, and I quite appreciate how valuable your time is.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
7  We had been walking briskly during this conversation, and a few more minutes brought us to the hollow in question.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
8  My very next question might have cleared the matter up, but at that instant the door opened and a woman stepped into the room.
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ContextHighlight   In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
9  He saw the question in my eyes, and, putting his finger-tips together and his elbows upon his knees, he explained the situation.
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ContextHighlight   In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
10  There could be no question that the most distinctive and suggestive point in the case was the singular disappearance of the door-key.
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ContextHighlight   In VIII. The Adventure of The Crooked Man
11  The question now is whether we should take a premature lunch here, or run our chance of starving before we reach the buffet at Newhaven.
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ContextHighlight   In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
12  Inspector Gregory was full of his case, and poured out a stream of remarks, while Holmes threw in an occasional question or interjection.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
13  It was a nice question, for the Cape de Verds were about five hundred miles to the north of us, and the African coast about seven hundred to the east.
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ContextHighlight   In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
14  For a whole day my companion had rambled about the room with his chin upon his chest and his brows knitted, charging and recharging his pipe with the strongest black tobacco, and absolutely deaf to any of my questions or remarks.
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ContextHighlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
15  I took to adding on little sentences of my own to each question, innocent ones at first, to test whether either of our companions knew anything of the matter, and then, as I found that they showed no signs I played a more dangerous game.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
16  The whole question of the Netherland-Sumatra Company and of the colossal schemes of Baron Maupertuis are too recent in the minds of the public, and are too intimately concerned with politics and finance to be fitting subjects for this series of sketches.
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ContextHighlight   In VII. The Adventure of The Reigate Squires
17  It was after tea on a summer evening, and the conversation, which had roamed in a desultory, spasmodic fashion from golf clubs to the causes of the change in the obliquity of the ecliptic, came round at last to the question of atavism and hereditary aptitudes.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
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