Example sentences of "consoled himself with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another general consoled himself with the thought that ‘ as the rebels are flesh and blood as well as us … they must , while this bad season lasts , suspend all operations ’ , but was rapidly proved wrong . |
| 2 | ( As his dreams of conquest crashed , Hitler consoled himself with the thought that Allied bombing was only destroying what he had intended to demolish anyway , to make place for his own buildings . ) |
| 3 | Ramsay was less than delighted with the task , but consoled himself with the thought that at least the journey south would take them by Dunbar Castle again , and a call thereat would be possible . |
| 4 | As he turned back the coverlet of the bed where he must sleep alone , Frere consoled himself with the thought that what he was incapable of accomplishing himself might be accomplished for him by time and that providential hand , of which , in his earnest efforts outside the home , he was the faithful instrument . |
| 5 | ‘ When the State usurps the functions of the family ’ … and consoled himself with the thought that he never pontificated unless he was drunk . |