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1  Both women were positive upon the point.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
2  But he would not abandon his position without a struggle.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
3  It was he who at once, in an incisive and positive tone, opened the conversation.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
4  I at once saw the horrible danger of my position, and I hurried to put the case into your hands.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
5  I think, gentlemen," said Holmes, quietly, "that we had best take up our position behind the door.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
6  That's the window, Mr. Holmes, which gave us one of the few bits of positive evidence that came out at the inquest.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
7  The first positive sign which he gave me of the direction which his investigation was taking was an extraordinary one.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
8  Now I will give you the evidence of Susan Tarlton, who is the only person who can say anything positive about the matter.
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ContextHighlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
9  In the first place, your Grace, I am bound to tell you that you have placed yourself in a most serious position in the eyes of the law.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
10  I am not in an official position, and there is no reason, so long as the ends of justice are served, why I should disclose all that I know.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
11  Behind one of these clumps I took up my position, so as to command both the gateway of the Hall and a long stretch of the road upon either side.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
12  This man declares that he was not absent from his post for an instant, and he is positive that neither boy nor man could have gone that way unseen.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
13  His method is as follows: He allows it to be known that he is prepared to pay very high sums for letters which compromise people of wealth and position.
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ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
14  At first he had shown some disposition to assert his own position, but now he was overcome with admiration, and ready to follow without question wherever Holmes led.
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ContextHighlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
15  At last we were getting something positive, and yet it seemed a long gap between an absconding banker and Captain Peter Carey pinned against the wall with one of his own harpoons.
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ContextHighlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
16  So now I was in possession of C, O, and M, and I was in a position to attack the first message once more, dividing it into words and putting dots for each symbol which was still unknown.
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ContextHighlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
17  At the spot where we saw the last of the Dunlop tire it might equally have led to Holdernesse Hall, the stately towers of which rose some miles to our left, or to a low, gray village which lay in front of us and marked the position of the Chesterfield high road.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
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