Example sentences of "he [vb infin] [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 Gabriel would miss the wife 's cooking and the little children , who made him feel almost a grown man .
2 I will let him see therein a new abyss .
3 Let him see therein an infinity of universes , each of which has its firmament , its planets , its earth , in the same proportion as in the visible world …
4 But I should say very often the old Guv'nor would let him have either a shilling to go down to the pub while we did the job , or else he would provide him with a jug of home-brewed beer and bread and cheese .
5 Was it her imagination or did he seem suddenly a little ill at ease ?
6 Neither did he seem quite a boy .
7 Would he suffer even a second 's remorse ?
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