Example sentences of "console [pron] by [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disappointed , he returns to his rooms and consoles himself by looking through his collection of photographs of ten boys he has loved . |
| 2 | But it seems we consoled ourselves by scoffing more chocs . |
| 3 | Rob consoled himself by dating several women before embarking on a six-week fling with Princess Stephanie . |
| 4 | On one level it is yet another accident , and on a second level it is inevitable , it must be so because it belongs here and nowhere else , as the foreign restaurant bill belongs to a novel about human birds of passage , and as the whistle belongs to a novel , in fact the only late Dostoevsky novel , with no children in it but haunted by the toys of absent innocence and peace : the governor of ‘ our province ’ where these crazy terrible events take place was disappointed in love as a young man and consoled himself by making a paper theatre with curtains , actors , audience , orchestra , conductor — the lot . |
| 5 | A change of appearance was like hanging a net over a mirror , she had the same eyes but consoled herself by looking at herself differently . |
| 6 | The terrible times had rendered individuals impotent ; many Jews consoled themselves by clinging to any available straw and concealed themselves behind bastions of casuistry . |
| 7 | I consoled myself by drinking a lot of warm red Martini . |
| 8 | So I consoled myself by reading books — |
| 9 | Woodhall farm were able to console themselves by retaining the Arcade team trophy . |
| 10 | I 'll admit from the start that my own attempt to arpeggiate the Gambale way sounds more like Sooty than Sweep picking , but I console myself by thinking that I should n't let a signature model impose another player 's personality on my own style ! |
| 11 | I console myself by reflecting that not only do I have a higher lifetime-best break than he does ( 34–30 ) , I also hold several other table records . |