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1  She is waiting now in the sitting-room.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
2  Here we are, and they are waiting for us.
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ContextHighlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
3  Your wife has been waiting this two days for you.
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ContextHighlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
4  A lean, ferret-like man, furtive and sly-looking, was waiting for us upon the platform.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
5  In the road stood our horse and trap, with the half-clad stable-boy waiting at the head.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
6  When I saw how many were waiting, I would have given it up in despair; but Spaulding would not hear of it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
7  I followed them up and found they led to the hall window, where Boots had worn all the snow away while waiting.
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ContextHighlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
8  But which of these is correct can only be determined by the fresh information which we shall no doubt find waiting for us.
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ContextHighlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
9  It was awful to me to think of all those lords and ladies sitting round that breakfast-table and waiting for me to come back.
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ContextHighlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
10  As I passed out through the wicket gate, however, I found my acquaintance of the morning waiting in the shadow upon the other side.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
11  The Black Swan is an inn of repute in the High Street, at no distance from the station, and there we found the young lady waiting for us.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
12  It was already dusk, and the lamps were just being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, waiting for the coming of its occupant.
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ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
13  We got into a cab together, and away we drove to some lodgings he had taken in Gordon Square, and that was my true wedding after all those years of waiting.
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ContextHighlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
14  They were waiting for me in the drawing-room, which is a very large room, stretching along the entire front of the house, with three long windows reaching down to the floor.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
15  As I approached the house I saw a tall man in a Scotch bonnet with a coat which was buttoned up to his chin waiting outside in the bright semicircle which was thrown from the fanlight.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
16  It was a few weeks before my own marriage, during the days when I was still sharing rooms with Holmes in Baker Street, that he came home from an afternoon stroll to find a letter on the table waiting for him.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
17  Now, by the merest chance, his wife received a telegram upon this same Monday, very shortly after his departure, to the effect that a small parcel of considerable value which she had been expecting was waiting for her at the offices of the Aberdeen Shipping Company.
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ContextHighlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
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