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1  My doctor says it is a question whether I shall live a month.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
2  I thought that I would just ask you whether you had heard it.
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ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
3  Come on, my boy, and we shall see whether it will not fit the lock.
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ContextHighlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
4  I inquired of him whether he had ever heard of Colonel Lysander Stark.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
5  I was ascertaining whether the cellar stretched out in front or behind.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
6  I want to see whether the objections are fatal, or if they may be explained away.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
7  Ryder stood glaring with a drawn face, uncertain whether to claim or to disown it.
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ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
8  If not, it shall never be seen by mortal eye; and your secret, whether you be alive or dead, shall be safe with us.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
9  I was just balancing whether I should run for it, or whether I should perch behind her landau when a cab came through the street.
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ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
10  I do not know whether the spotted handkerchiefs which so many of them wear over their heads might have suggested the strange adjective which she used.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
11  I hesitated whether to attempt to secure the photograph at once; but the coachman had come in, and as he was watching me narrowly, it seemed safer to wait.
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ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
12  The little man stood glancing from one to the other of us with half-frightened, half-hopeful eyes, as one who is not sure whether he is on the verge of a windfall or of a catastrophe.
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ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
13  As far as I have heard, it is impossible for me to say whether the present case is an instance of crime or not, but the course of events is certainly among the most singular that I have ever listened to.
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ContextHighlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
14  To take the first example to hand, I very clearly perceive that in your bedroom the window is upon the right-hand side, and yet I question whether Mr. Lestrade would have noted even so self-evident a thing as that.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
15  Well, Watson, we are, I fancy, nearing the end of our quest, and the only point which remains to be determined is whether we should go on to this Mrs. Oakshott to-night, or whether we should reserve it for to-morrow.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
16  You have heard me remark that the strangest and most unique things are very often connected not with the larger but with the smaller crimes, and occasionally, indeed, where there is room for doubt whether any positive crime has been committed.
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ContextHighlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
17  I do not know whether he was seized with compunction at that moment for the part he was playing, but I know that I never felt more heartily ashamed of myself in my life than when I saw the beautiful creature against whom I was conspiring, or the grace and kindliness with which she waited upon the injured man.
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ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
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