Example sentences of "[noun] except for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh absolutely , yes I 'm not arguing about that , and as I said , heaven forbid that should happen , erm another point I did pick up from one report was that in the eight years war , and you 're quite right , the Iraqis are battle hardened , but the Iranian air force apparently could n't bomb Iraq to any great consequence except for the first few weeks of the conflict . |
| 2 | But time and expense means I have to economise and therefore I choose to bait every other day except for the last three days when I will bait on each of them . |
| 3 | He managed to connect all the moves except for the last in one push and doubtless would have succeeded given more time . |
| 4 | The walls were panelled in mahogany except for the fourth wall behind him . |
| 5 | Andy got them all with his first shot except for the last one . |
| 6 | The winner of the toss usually wound his string around his hand except for the last six inches , this ensured a good sharp and hard blow on the other conker . |