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1  So far as I could learn he had sailed in no other ship.
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ContextHighlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
2  I don't think there is anything more to be learned here.
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ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
3  There is no opening except the one pane, said our learned guide.
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ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
4  I wired to Cambridge to learn if anything had been heard of him there.
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ContextHighlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
5  From where I stood I could hear everything, and I know that you have learned the truth.
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ContextHighlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
6  I learned that your object was to invite Mr. Sherlock Holmes to undertake the conduct of this case.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
7  The professor is writing a learned book, and he found it necessary, about a year ago, to engage a secretary.
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ContextHighlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
8  We all learn by experience, and your lesson this time is that you should never lose sight of the alternative.
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ContextHighlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
9  I rushed from the horrible scene, ran from the house, and only next morning in the paper did I learn the dreadful result.
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ContextHighlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
10  In some manner he had learned of my own sad bereavement, and his sympathy was shown in his manner rather than in his words.
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ContextHighlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
11  He was well liked by the few neighbours who called upon him, and he has the reputation down there of being a very learned man.
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ContextHighlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
12  Lestrade had learned by more experiences than he would care to acknowledge that that brain could cut through that which was impenetrable to him.
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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 stayed long enough at the police-station to learn that a search of his clothing revealed nothing save a few shillings and a long sheath knife, the handle of which bore copious traces of recent blood.
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ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
15  When we have found who he is and who his associates are, we should have a good start in learning what he was doing in Pitt Street last night, and who it was who met him and killed him on the doorstep of Mr. Horace Harker.
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ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
16  The public has already learned those particulars of the crime which came out in the police investigation, but a good deal was suppressed upon that occasion, since the case for the prosecution was so overwhelmingly strong that it was not necessary to bring forward all the facts.
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ContextHighlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
17  Having concluded this to my satisfaction and learning that only one of my enemies was now left in London, I was about to return when my movements were hastened by the news of this very remarkable Park Lane Mystery, which not only appealed to me by its own merits, but which seemed to offer some most peculiar personal opportunities.
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ContextHighlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
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