Consulting

Examples

• After more communing with herself next day, she arrived at the desperate conclusion of consulting Harry. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• His residence and principal consulting-room is at Kennington Road, but he has a branch surgery and dispensary at Lower Brixton Road, two miles away. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I have thought of consulting Sergeant Cuff. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• You mentioned just now the alternative of consulting Mr. Fairlie's legal adviser to-morrow. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It ought to have been a habit with him by this time, of following his duty, instead of consulting expediency. Jane Austen. Emma.
• My greatest danger would lie in her consulting Mrs. Fraser, and I at a distance unable to help my own cause. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It was not Miss Flite who detained us; she was as reasonable a little creature in consulting the convenience of others as there possibly could be. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• An instant later I heard him running down, and he burst into my consulting-room like a man who is mad with panic. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Manor Farm, Dingley Dell,' said Mr. Pickwick, consulting his pocket- book. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mr. Garth would take no important step without consulting Susan, but it must be confessed that before he reached home he had taken his resolution. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• That's why Mrs. Mingott felt she ought not to allow this slight on Countess Olenska to pass without consulting you. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Are you consulting your own feelings in the present case, or do you imagine that you are gratifying mine? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I believe,' said Mr. Pickwick, consulting his ticket--'I believe this is twenty-seven in the third? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Why, no, sir,' replied Wegg, consulting the text, 'it appears to have been done by accident. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Many a time did Margaret repent of having suggested and urged on the plan of consulting Mr. Lennox. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I see no advantage in consulting Miss Bates. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Oh, I daresay by consulting our sales book we could very easily tell you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Without having represented to your husband the propriety of first consulting his father, on whom he is dependent, I think? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was with some surprise, therefore, that I saw him walk into my consulting-room upon the evening of April 24th. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Before going to bed he sat down and wrote the following letter:-- MY DEAR EUSTACIA,--I must obey my heart without consulting my reason too closely. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• You may believe, then, that I was in my consulting-room when, at the appointed hour, the page showed in the patient. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It was an old elephant track, and D'Arnot after consulting with Professor Porter and Clayton decided to follow it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• It may, perhaps, appear strange that neither she nor Shirley thought of consulting Mrs. Pryor on their scheme; but they were wise in abstaining. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I had imagined you were consulting me only as to the wording of it. Jane Austen. Emma.
• And now, Sammy,' said Mr. Weller, consulting a large double-faced silver watch that hung at the end of the copper chain. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• All you have to do is just to wear out your chair in the consulting-room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Again consulting the mirror, it reflected an unanimous vote against her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You wish to employ me as a consulting detective? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• This is our friend's consulting-room (or would be, if he ever prescribed), his sanctum, his studio, said my guardian to us. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I found him sitting in a snug corner of the hall, consulting his memorandum book, and curling up viciously at the corners of the lips. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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