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1 It put me in a most awkward position.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
2 He can't object to my worldly position, so it must be myself that he has this down on.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
3 I think that I shall be in a position to make the situation rather more clear to you before long.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets
4 A huge driving-wheel and a shaft half-filled with rubbish showed the position of an abandoned mine.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles
5 I have great hopes of what Mrs. Laura Lyons may do for us when the position of affairs is made clear to her.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets
6 There is a dry glitter in his eyes and a firm set of his thin lips, which goes with a positive and possibly a harsh nature.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
7 My good fellow; this is a very serious business, and you may find yourself in a pretty bad position if you try to hide anything from me.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
8 I shall soon be in the position of being able to put into a single connected narrative one of the most singular and sensational crimes of modern times.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets
9 She had come from the direction in which the plume of smoke indicated the position of Merripit House, but the dip of the moor had hid her until she was quite close.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
10 My motive for withholding it from the coroner's inquiry is that a man of science shrinks from placing himself in the public position of seeming to indorse a popular superstition.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
11 Now, you will observe that he could not have been on the staff of the hospital, since only a man well-established in a London practice could hold such a position, and such a one would not drift into the country.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
12 It is true that if any sudden danger had threatened him I was too far away to be of use, and yet I am sure that you will agree with me that the position was very difficult, and that there was nothing more which I could do.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
13 Mrs. Lyons," said I as I rose from this long and inconclusive interview, "you are taking a very great responsibility and putting yourself in a very false position by not making an absolutely clean breast of all that you know.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor