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1  It is peculiarly strong and stiff.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
2  Though clear of mind and fairly strong of limb, I knew that my own fate was sealed.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
3  The evidence against him was so strong that the case has been referred to the Assizes.
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ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
4  And in this letter you certainly have a very strong piece of evidence to corroborate your view.
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ContextHighlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
5  She is what we call in England a tomboy, with a strong nature, wild and free, unfettered by any sort of traditions.
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ContextHighlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
6  He was off in one of those hysterical outbursts which come upon a strong nature when some great crisis is over and gone.
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ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
7  In the first place, we may start with a strong presumption that Colonel Openshaw had some very strong reason for leaving America.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
8  There is a strong presumption that the person whom McCarthy expected to meet him at Boscombe Pool was someone who had been in Australia.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
9  She heard Mr. McCarthy the elder using very strong language to his son, and she saw the latter raise up his hand as if to strike his father.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
10  It is my strong impression that I heard it, and yet, among the crash of the gale and the creaking of an old house, I may possibly have been deceived.
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ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
11  From the time that I heard of the assistant having come for half wages, it was obvious to me that he had some strong motive for securing the situation.
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ContextHighlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
12  Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
13  Suddenly there was the momentary gleam of a light up in the direction of the ventilator, which vanished immediately, but was succeeded by a strong smell of burning oil and heated metal.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
14  From the lower part of the face he appeared to be a man of strong character, with a thick, hanging lip, and a long, straight chin suggestive of resolution pushed to the length of obstinacy.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
15  That fatal night Dr. Roylott had gone to his room early, though we knew that he had not retired to rest, for my sister was troubled by the smell of the strong Indian cigars which it was his custom to smoke.
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ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
16  Others were of a date during the reconstruction of the Southern states, and were mostly concerned with politics, for he had evidently taken a strong part in opposing the carpet-bag politicians who had been sent down from the North.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
17  He was young, not more than five-and-twenty, I should say, with a strong, masculine face; but he was exceedingly pale and gave me the impression of a man who was suffering from some strong agitation, which it took all his strength of mind to control.
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ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
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