Example sentences of "[verb] except the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had all the hay won except the final meadow when the weather broke . |
| 2 | He 's got this really boring name — Stuart Hughes , I ask you , there 's a career in soft furnishings for you , no qualifications needed except the perfect name , sir , and you 've got it — and he 's quite complacent about answering to it for the rest of his days . |
| 3 | When I first when I was first driving in the early 1970's you could park in the quarry car park any time you fancied except the few days before Christmas . |
| 4 | All were high kneeling except the final crew , Ralph/Crooks , the latter fresh from his seal launching exploits on Ramsey Island , a man who enjoys variety in his paddling . |
| 5 | No one was placed except the nine of us who were sitting at Robin 's table , and we were just asked quietly when we went in ‘ to go to the table with the birthday cake on it ’ . |
| 6 | I told them all I knew except the one thing the great cardinal wanted . ’ |
| 7 | They were much closer than anyone knew except the two of them , and they certainly would n't be telling anyone . |
| 8 | All eventually disappeared except the rorqual 's flippers and teeth , for which the Marine Biological Laboratory had put in a request . |
| 9 | Nothing of theirs was left except the old seal and spoon . |
| 10 | She had been far too busy trying to cope with the sale of the large estate , and by the time all her father 's debts had been settled there had been nothing left except the old Elizabethan Manor House . |
| 11 | I cycled to school one morning through streets littered with glass , and past a little Nonconformist chapel , in which everything had been destroyed except the far wall with its multi-coloured and scrolled message ‘ God is Love ’ . |
| 12 | The instruments were shattered , but the controls and engine were functioning except the latter was spewing coolant vapour . |