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1  This alone puts the lady's story out of court.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
2  I would not leave my wife alone all night for anything.
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ContextHighlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
3  The bullets alone are enough to put his head in a noose.
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ContextHighlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
4  You'll be more likely to get a confession out of him alone.
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ContextHighlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
5  He might have thrown a dozen if he had but left my bonny bird alone.
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ContextHighlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
6  Sherlock Holmes left the house alone, and only returned after eleven.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
7  He got down from his window and he went off, either alone or with someone.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
8  It was then that we ascertained that Lord Saltire had not been alone in his flight.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
9  Williamson is a white-bearded man, and he lives alone with a small staff of servants at the Hall.
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ContextHighlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
10  Now, Mr. Gilchrist, we are all quite alone here, and no one need ever know one word of what passes between us.
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ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
11  When we were left alone in the stone-flagged kitchen, it was astonishing how rapidly that sprained ankle recovered.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
12  Yes, you never thought to see me here again, but it was that night which taught me how I could meet you face to face, and alone.
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ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
13  At last, when you had all formed your inevitable and totally erroneous conclusions, you departed for the hotel, and I was left alone.
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ContextHighlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
14  When in your report you said that you had seen the cyclist as you thought arrange his necktie in the shrubbery, that alone should have told me all.
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ContextHighlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
15  I thank heaven that my compunction at leaving poor Staunton all alone in this plight caused me to turn my carriage back and so to make your acquaintance.
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ContextHighlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
16  Stevenson is fast enough, but he couldn't drop from the twenty-five line, and a three-quarter who can't either punt or drop isn't worth a place for pace alone.
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ContextHighlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
17  He made the announcement as if the name alone would explain both his visit and its manner, but I could see, by my companion's unresponsive face, that it meant no more to him than to me.
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ContextHighlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
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