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1  The wretched creature began to whimper.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
2  Whatever the cause, Colonel Moran began to go wrong.
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ContextHighlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
3  It began with a thin scratch and ended in a jagged hole.
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ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
4  Then my temper got the better of me, and I began to threaten her.
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ContextHighlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
5  The tracks of the tire began to curve fantastically upon the wet and shining path.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
6  He began by taking a clean white cloth from a drawer and laying it over the table.
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ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
7  "I am not accustomed, sir," he began, but mastered his anger and resumed his seat.
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ContextHighlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
8  The maid had entered with us, and began once more to foment the bruise upon her mistress's brow.
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ContextHighlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
9  From the moment, Mr. Soames, that you said to me that no one, not even Bannister, could have told that the papers were in your room, the case began to take a definite shape in my mind.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
10  The mark which he was examining began upon the brass-work on the right-hand side of the keyhole, and extended for about four inches, where it had scratched the varnish from the surface.
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ContextHighlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
11  From the instant that we passed the rise, we could no longer see the vehicle, but we hastened onward at such a pace that my sedentary life began to tell upon me, and I was compelled to fall behind.
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ContextHighlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
12  He had obtained a large ordnance map of the neighbourhood, and this he brought into my room, where he laid it out on the bed, and, having balanced the lamp in the middle of it, he began to smoke over it, and occasionally to point out objects of interest with the reeking amber of his pipe.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL