Example sentences of "except to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't understand it , they 've got to have a decent grade to go to university , but they seem to think that they can get in on D's and E's , if he gets D's and E's , he 's not going anywhere , except to work |
| 2 | Its not something Ive known Leeds supporters do a lot of — except to shite players like Kevin Hird . |
| 3 | I very rarely go out except to union branch meetings — they get me out and they cost nowt . |
| 4 | She did n't get out much , except to church . |
| 5 | They led nowhere yet , except to fantasy in which Gwen Evans held a crow-bar to Mary 's head and Alice Fernie struck it home with a sledge-hammer while Mary , unheeding , watched the television . |
| 6 | ‘ Quite harmless , except to grass and minor organisms . |
| 7 | We are not accomplishing anything keeping the Teller here , except to fuel more rumours . ’ |
| 8 | How cosy this could have been , the rain lashing down outside providing a curtain from the world and the two of them here with no occupation except to pleasure each other . |