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1  Then we can proceed to business.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
2  It is purely a matter of business.
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ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
3  It was not a pleasant business, Watson.
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ContextHighlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
4  It is my business, said he, as he dropped it.
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ContextHighlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
5  "It's a terrible business," said the stationmaster.
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ContextHighlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
6  A stranger died by accident and it was nobody's business to inquire.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
7  He said nothing of his business to me, and it was not my habit to force a confidence.
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ContextHighlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
8  A criminal who was capable of such a thought is a man whom I should be proud to do business with.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
9  "It's getting on my nerves, this business, Mr. Holmes," said he, as he sank, like a wearied man, into an armchair.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
10  For some years he has practically withdrawn from the business, in which he is said to have massed considerable wealth.
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ContextHighlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
11  Mr. Jonas Oldacre is a well known resident of that suburb, where he has carried on his business as a builder for many years.
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ContextHighlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
12  I sent a telegram home, therefore, to say that I had important business on hand, and that it was impossible for me to say how late I might be.
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ContextHighlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
13  Well, Elsie learned some of our ways, but she couldn't stand the business, and she had a bit of honest money of her own, so she gave us all the slip and got away to London.
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ContextHighlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
14  We had a faithful friend, however, who is a business man, and it was he who discovered some time ago that some of the securities which my father had with him had reappeared on the London market.
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ContextHighlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
15  Finally he led the way into the drawing-room, with the remark that the business was now out of our hands, and that we must while away the time as best we might until we could see what was in store for us.
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ContextHighlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
16  I live at Torrington Lodge, Blackheath, with my parents, Mr. Holmes, but last night, having to do business very late with Mr. Jonas Oldacre, I stayed at an hotel in Norwood, and came to my business from there.
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ContextHighlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
17  There were points about this strange business which would, I was sure, have specially appealed to him, and the efforts of the police would have been supplemented, or more probably anticipated, by the trained observation and the alert mind of the first criminal agent in Europe.
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ContextHighlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
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