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Example sentences for "not one"

  • For it is an acknowledged fact that, though rivers and brooks surely exist in the Olympics, not one of either flows away from this wide tract of country!

  • The Indians have never penetrated it, so far as can be ascertained, for their traditions say that it is inhabited by a very fierce tribe of warriors, before whose might and strange weapons not one of the coast tribes can stand.

  • Of all thus enlisted, not one of the true-hearts but proved worthy the trust.

  • Surely I am not one to stand in awe of, lad?

  • And yet, from day to day, he read storiettes in the dailies and weeklies, scores and scores of storiettes, not one of which would compare with his.

  • Not one word in "The Ring of Bells," nor in "The Peri and the Pearl" has been changed.

  • It is poetic foolishness to hunt it with a gun; very few people do that; there is not one man in a million who can hit it with a gun.

  • You have intimated that I am not a lady--and I hope I am NOT one, after the pattern of your country.

  • During two or three days, not one of them was able to do more than lie down or walk about; yet so effective was the arnica, that on the fourth all were able to sit up.

  • That is to say, not one farthing of the twenty thousand pounds was to go to Miss Halcombe, or to any other relative or friend of Lady Glyde's.

  • He has filled the house with walking-sticks of his own making, not one of which he ever takes up for a second time.

  • They are to be married at Limmeridge Church, and thank Heaven, not one of the neighbours is to be invited to the ceremony.

  • Jim and I shall stick together in the meanwhile; you'll take Joyce and Hunter when you ride to Bristol, and from first to last, not one of us must breathe a word of what we've found.

  • Nobody in this here island ever heard of Darby," he muttered; "not one but us that's here.

  • And as for the schooner, it was I who cut her cable, and it was I that killed the men you had aboard of her, and it was I who brought her where you'll never see her more, not one of you.

  • Where the ball passed, not one of us precisely knew, but I fancy it must have been over our heads and that the wind of it may have contributed to our disaster.

  • Not one of the men ashore had a musket, and before they could get within range for pistol shooting, we flattered ourselves we should be able to give a good account of a half-dozen at least.

  • If she thought the leading was not from Him, she's not one to be brought under the power of it.

  • I'm not one o' those as can see the cat i' the dairy an' wonder what she's come after.

  • He's not one of those that think they can comfort you with chattering, as if folks who stand by and look on knew a deal better what the trouble was than those who have to bear it.

  • He's not one o' them as is all straw and no grain.

  • I am not one of those who neglect the reigning power to bow to the rising sun.

  • And take it altogether, now that we have been into most of the houses hereabouts and can judge, there is not one that we like better than this.

  • It is not one to be introduced among our wives and young persons, and I--' He finished with that flourish of his arm which added more expressively than any words, And I remove it from the face of the earth.

  • My feeling for Miss Wilfer,' pursued the Secretary, without deigning to notice him, 'is not one to be ashamed of.

  • I am not one to change easily, Carter" I said.

  • However, I am not one to give up, and beyond a few tears of weakness, I did not give way.

  • Even to write them is a repugnent task, for having set my hand to the Plow, I am not one to do things half way and then stop.

  • But I am not one to be angry on hearing the truth, although painfull.

  • Leila is not one to care about Love," said Jane.

  • Not one of them halted then, but all rushed on in rivalry.

  • There is not one of them that dares to move when they see me coming.

  • You have plenty of craven servants, but there is not one of them brave enough to dare to mount a steed.

  • The King is glad, and so are his people; there is not one who is not well suited and pleased at this.

  • Sedleys never be mentioned here, sir--not one of the whole damned lot of 'em, sir.

  • He truly seems to have been "not one, but all mankind's epitome.

  • Not one but, to a certain extent, gives a colour to our life, and insensibly influences the lives of those about us.

  • That is not one of my accomplishments,' rejoined Nicholas.

  • Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

  • He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

  • They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

  • I'm not one to worry myself about a man's looks.

  • I'm not that sort, I'm not one to say much.

  • I'm not one to go down on my hands and knees for that, and chance it.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "not one" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    hard thing; not always; not ask; not even; not exactly; not guilty; not here; not making significant efforts; not mean; not more decidedly the; not possible; not pretend; not really; not seem; not understand; not unlike; not worthy; note here; note paper; note that; nothing had; nothing very; nothing was; notwithstanding this; sudden movement; three spoonfuls