give one an idea
Example Sentences
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They are bizarre and give one an idea of what the Author is trying to convey.
From Astounding Stories, August, 1931 by Various
It was quite true that the grains of it were hard and sharp, so as to give one an idea that it would make good eating neither for women nor children.
From Castle Richmond by Trollope, Anthony
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)
It has been said, by whom I know not, that “prefaces to books are like signs to public-houses; they are intended to give one an idea of the kind of entertainment to be found within.”
From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Harper, Charles G.
All that one hears or reads of the extent of the Amazons and its tributaries does not give one an idea of its immensity as a whole.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various
