They have always been together, and according to his account he has been a very lonely man with only her as a companion, so that the thought of losing her was really terrible to him.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
He is learned in old manorial and communal rights, and he applies his knowledge sometimes in favour of the villagers of Fernworthy and sometimes against them, so that he is periodically either carried in triumph down the village street or else burned in effigy, according to his latest exploit.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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— in conformity with
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— if you do something according to a plan, system, or set of rules, you do it in a way that agrees with or obeys that plan, system, or set of rules
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2 uses of ‘according to’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle