Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] not one [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I gave not one cheep , not a chirrup —
2 They recorded not one instance of drinking or of thirst in a dream .
3 When Greenidge was finally caught behind , he had made 223 in nine and three-quarter hours , a phenomenal effort of concentration on a pitch of uneven bounce , for he gave not one chance throughout .
4 He had not one doubt about what she meant and that was the end of any sort of conversation .
5 He wrote not one memo about it but , by his estimate , as many as five , and sent them up the line .
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