not a living soul
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There is not a living soul anywhere who is not alert to the real reasons for poverty and the complete waste of human resources everywhere in the world.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2014
Last week a visitor might have wandered through every one of its 75 bedrooms, through its grand hall, its two gymnasiums, its barbershop, swimming pool, library, restaurant and met not a living soul.
From Time Magazine Archive
But not a living soul from my group was there.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was a ghost tied to the ground, not a living soul.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
But all that time, except the surgeon and Böske, not a living soul knocked at his door to see him.
From The Strange Story of Rab R?by by J?kai, M?r
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