look out for number one
Example Sentences
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“Trust Len Schlager to look out for number one first, an’ be sheriff afterward,” observed some one else.
From The Secret of Lonesome Cove by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
I'm a poor widder, Mr. Martin, and I must look out for number one.
From Rufus and Rose Or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready by Alger, Horatio
Promising my new friend to look out for number one, I waved an adieu to him and his, and went on my solitary way.
From Four Months in a Sneak-Box by Bishop, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes)
She knows how to look out for number one.
From Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life by Drinkwater, Jennie M.
A man must look out for number one.
From Quiet Talks on Service by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)
