give one an idea

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Only an intelligent study of a map of the city will give one an idea of its plan.

From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1884 by Various

To give one an idea of the value of land in four or five of the principal provinces of the country, I must begin with the Queen Province, as it is called, viz.,

From Argentina from a British Point of View by Various

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

This room has a vast arched roof, and a great many stalactites hang from the walls and roof in such a way as to give one an idea of Gothic architecture.

From Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy by Stockton, Frank Richard

These Egyptian things give one an idea of inexpressible ungainliness.

From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Stowe, Harriet Beecher