Example sentences of "except that [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | The type of use under discussion is therefore exactly parallel to the infinitive of result , except that what has brought the support to realize the happening denoted by the infinitive 's lexeme is left undefined . |
| 2 | Nothing has happened today , except that we have come to a sort of agreement about exercise . |
| 3 | It is a choice that is fully there for us to make at the same time and in the same fashion as other countries , except that we have the additional option of deciding that it would not be right for this country . |
| 4 | In practice the gliders became much like any other aeroplanes , except that they had no engines . |
| 5 | Except that they had died quickly . |
| 6 | Except that they had n't known how bad . |
| 7 | During the study days , the patients were fully ambulatory and could follow their preferred daily routine except that they had to return to the laboratory for their meals . |
| 8 | It would all be very simple and straightforward , except that they 've chosen to position the pots in an unfamiliar , and I think confusing , configuration . |
| 9 | ‘ Many are perfectly normal — except that they 've hit on hard times . |
| 10 | To this end , unbeknown to the millions who have brought about the event , Jesus Christ has been cast in the role of a surrogate Created God , and by ascribing to him all that goodness that they wish to preserve , those who profess the Christian faith , have been doing just what the concept of the Created God requires , and what this book advocates , except that they have deified a single historical individual , Jesus Christ , instead of an abstract conception drawing its being from a myriad of sources . |
| 11 | We bury our noblemen there , except that they have to lie at present without coffins . |
| 12 | These people are not ‘ different ’ — they are the same as you and I , except that they have lost the ability to use their legs and have to rely on a wheelchair to get about . |
| 13 | Except that one had reservations about what was genuine on a Petticoat Lane stall . |
| 14 | They 're very similar except that one has an extra double bond . |
| 15 | For a bit of light relief , except that there 's been a murder . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ He means nothing at all , ’ his mother had intervened , ‘ except that you 've upset him . |
| 17 | If there 's nothing wrong with your curtains except that you 've grown rather bored with them there 's quite a lot you can do to give them a new lease of life . |
| 18 | But what does that prove , except that you 've learned something about farming since you 've lived in Swinbrook ? ’ |
| 19 | Which is perfectly fair comment except that you 've used a contraction . |
| 20 | Erm mm , no , you just play it , yo well , you he yes and no , I mean i er you , you , you were ge you were getting in pra i the equivalent of thirty pound a barrel discount erm , which is probably as much as you could er could get , er in , in in a free free house any , er except that you 've got , you know , fifteen , twenty thousand pounds up front as a payment to you . |
| 21 | Except that you 've got the procedure where |
| 22 | Creating your own designs on the screen does not actually involve any drawing because it is done by plotting a series of points or co-ordinates , which the computer automatically joins up to form a two dimensional shape it is a bit like joining the dots in a dot to dot picture , except that you have to decide where the dots will go and the computer does the joining up ! |
| 23 | ‘ Nothing , except that you have somehow touched it . |
| 24 | It had simply been fun , the sort of fun she had with her women friends , except that she had also desired him , and he her . |
| 25 | The new stepmother did not take to her , and yet she could have for she , too , was plain and had little to recommend her except that she had a business head and she knew about antiques and was very good at sales . |
| 26 | Although immersed in church and women 's group activities , nothing was known about her private circumstances except that she had a mysterious set of distant relations in Blairgowrie . |
| 27 | It was the first time she had been left on her own and she had managed quite well except that she had given Mrs Prichard , the colliery manager 's wife , short change by mistake . |
| 28 | Lydia watched it , thinking that they had much in common except that she had her prey in her grasp and was already preparing it for consumption . |
| 29 | Except that she had n't dreamt about Tony for the past three nights , so perhaps he was doing some good . |
| 30 | Nora 's virtual command , reinforced by her petulant departure , had no bearing — except that she had taken all the pleasure out of it for him . |