give one an idea
Example Sentences
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Those numerous pine forests, denoting quiet, and the wide, wide canopy of Heaven, unbroken by mountain or hill, give one an idea of vast extent and wild expanse.
From Through Finland in Carts by Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)
The hills and beautiful lake in the drawing give one an idea of Cumberland.”
From Recollections of the late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath by Lansdown, Henry Venn
At present its broad avenues and streets give one an idea that it has made too much of itself.
From Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
These Egyptian things give one an idea of inexpressible ungainliness.
From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
I have seen a photograph of the Mirror Lake, in California, which, as far as I know, is the only thing that could possibly give one an idea of the marvellous effect of these reflections.
From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie
