Example sentences of "[pers pn] except [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has n't spoken to me except in anger for nine years ! ’ |
| 2 | Perhaps there are not enough players available to play on them ; perhaps there is no one to unlock them except at peak periods ; then there are courts taken out during the winter and one of the major reasons in this country is damage by vandals . |
| 3 | ‘ Now if the defendants were bound to charge the plaintiff for the carriage of his goods a less sum , and they refused to carry them except upon payment of a greater sum , as he was compelled to pay the amount demanded , and could not otherwise have his goods carried , the case falls within the principle of several decided cases , in which it has been held that money which a party has been wrongfully compelled to pay under circumstances in which he was unable to resist the imposition , may be recovered back in an action for money had and received . |
| 4 | Many smaller listed companies are controlled by their directors or their family interests , making it impossible for an outsider to bid for them except by way of an agreed offer which is accepted by the controlling shareholders . |
| 5 | He 's not saying , you know , you will suffer for them except by humiliation . |
| 6 | Now , hundreds of Iron Age sites are known from the area and the ‘ way ’ has no direct connection with any of them except by accident . |
| 7 | I think , actually , that she was always a snake during the daylight hours , which is why I never saw her except at night . |
| 8 | It should be regarded as a non-secure , learning environment only , and should not have live data entered into it except for training purposes . |
| 9 | He sent his own Son in human flesh , identical with us except for sin , and he condemned man 's sinfulness in Christ 's person , hanging upon the cross , as a sin-offering for us . |