1 He struck a match on his boot and held it up against the wall.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY 2 'We'll soon have a light, I said, striking a match and putting it to a wax candle which I had brought with me.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W... 3 She had met him once only, at a cricket match.
4 We might have made a match of it, Sir Spaniel, had fortune favoured.
5 I'm a match for any of 'em--the chits you dally with, and bid me meet you at the Orange Tree when you're drowsing the night off spent in their arms.'
6 He stubbed his match on the plate.
7 I am beset here with neighbours that match your infidels, Sir Knight, in Holy Land.
8 Both displayed great feats of gallantry, nor did either Bois-Guilbert or the Disinherited Knight find in the ranks opposed to them a champion who could be termed their unquestioned match.
9 There is more in it than thou dost guess, Conrade; thy simplicity is no match for this deep abyss of wickedness.
10 It is indeed," said the Templar; "for, proud as thou art, thou hast in me found thy match.
11 All Huntingdon exclaimed on the greatness of the match, and her uncle, the lawyer, himself, allowed her to be at least three thousand pounds short of any equitable claim to it.
12 Yes, indeed, a very pretty match.
13 She would learn to match him in his indifference.
14 And yet it was a most desirable match for Janet at the time.
15 Poor Janet has been sadly taken in, and yet there was nothing improper on her side: she did not run into the match inconsiderately; there was no want of foresight.