Example sentences of "not for one " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can her eyes and hands and breasts meet and mingle and Lucy say categorically , like not for one minute or second or fleeting flit of time , never never never had she been in love . |
| 2 | Not for one moment — not then or since — did I regret being denied the summit . |
| 3 | ‘ Those who founded it do not for one moment pretend to be neutral , ’ Lewis confessed . |
| 4 | I am not for one moment suggesting that you could do such a thing yourself because I think you would do it with more style and use a magnum of champagne . |
| 5 | North replied , without a second thought , ‘ Not for one fleeting moment . ’ |
| 6 | He had not for one minute , he said , imagined this could happen and they had even planned to move to Mexico where he was in the process of renovating a house for them ; the bedrooms were complete and he had made a nursery for Michelle 's daughter , China , never to be occupied . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , I considered most carefully what might be the most opportune occasion to bring the matter up with him ; for although I would not for one moment , as I say , suspect Mr Farraday of inconsistency , it nevertheless made sense not to broach the topic when he was preoccupied or distracted . |
| 8 | Such was the feeling Joss Barnet had aroused in her , that not for one moment did it occur to her to blame him for anything . |
| 9 | Not for one moment did the two men believe that they would see anything , and they were determined not to allow the foggy weather to play havoc with their imaginations . |
| 10 | Providing copious statistics for the numbers of bombers dispatched , those that reached their targets and those that did not for one reason or another , this book is a complete overview of a major aspect of the air war against mainland Germany . |
| 11 | Not for one moment did he doubt the validity of those ideas . |
| 12 | Not for one minute . ’ |
| 13 | Returning across the square she felt she was going home ; not for one moment did she confuse such a place with the Aber House Hotel . |
| 14 | Not for one of your stagey trick-or-treats . |
| 15 | While not for one moment can the appalling state of housing in many of the major English cities be denied , there is no reason to believe that the problems of poor housing and underprivilege are any less acute among the rural as opposed to the urban poor : they are merely less obvious and less concentrated in numbers . |
| 16 | Now not for one moment is this to suggest that the West Indian pace attack are a bunch of big girls . |
| 17 | Not for one instant . |
| 18 | However , I would not for one moment deny the continuity and the gradualness of the processes which are changing the earth . |
| 19 | Not for one moment . ’ |
| 20 | If she went to the Dordogne she would be facing a life that had gone on without her , a life that had not for one minute taken her into consideration . |
| 21 | Not for one minute did his guard slip until she was forced to accept that that was exactly how he felt about her . |
| 22 | I do not for one minute believe that we shall hand over everything that this country has ever stood for in terms of its independence . |
| 23 | His reply , after an extended pause , was ‘ not for one brother . |
| 24 | No , not for one man , woman or child . |
| 25 | He just could n't get it out of his mind , not for one second . |
| 26 | ‘ It never did , Fernando ; not for one second did I have any doubts of how deeply I felt for you , only doubts of how deeply you had felt for me . |
| 27 | I WOULD just like to assure Raymond Campbell that he should not for one moment think that Glentoran fans will be upset about his move to Linfield . |
| 28 | Sir , — I can not for one moment imagine that Ian McGeechan will ‘ feel hugely satisfied because his backs are beginning to fulfil some of the potential that they have shown for years ’ ( David Sole , 8 March ) after the disappointment of the 26-12 humiliation by England last Saturday . |
| 29 | But do n't for one moment feel you 're fickle if you change your perfume constantly , on a whim . |
| 30 | He did n't for one minute expect that sort of treatment in Gloucester , but that was how he would spend this afternoon . |