That effort failed because no single bid met the minimum price of $47 million.

But they have not made a single bid at Britain's top yearling sale this week.

All the same I didn't mean to fill a ship at a single bid in this fashion.

The auction ended on September 6 without a single bid.

In fact, there wasn't a single bid for it because, Christie's experts said afterward, the estimate of $3.1 million was too high.

Of the 77 works offered, only 51 found buyers, and many lots went by without a single bid.

Then there was a rare, early Turner that did not get a single bid.

Penalties are not assessed for a single bid, play or even deal.

There wasn't a single bid, and the painting went unsold.

On March 6, when the city sought $567 million in what normally would have been a routine borrowing, not a single bid was offered.