Example sentences of "[subord] [that] it was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't annoyed except that it was bitterly cold , freezing . |
| 2 | In Lithuania , a similar sequence of events occurred , except that it was not the British who eliminated the independent Soviet government but a Polish invasion ( in April 1919 ) . |
| 3 | Except that it was not really a decision , more an unthought-out reaction . |
| 4 | After all that , they did n't tell me what I had , except that it was not multiple sclerosis and that I was an atypical case . |
| 5 | This strange , remote , eagle creature , whose body was bathed in incandescence from the fire , except that it was not quite the fire ; whose eyes were dark with passion , and whose arms , strong and safe , were enveloping her , and laying her down on the thick fur rugs before the fire … |
| 6 | Alida almost laughed aloud at the picture this presented to her mind , except that it was scarcely an occasion for laughter . |
| 7 | Except that it was nearly twice as large , its social structure closely resembled that of Coventry . |
| 8 | I spent a day with her family at Eastbourne — except that it was n't with her family , for I hardly met them . |
| 9 | [ Except that it was n't snowing , because this has to have been November . |
| 10 | When he was a child of about ten or eleven , William used to play a kind of game with his shadow , except that it was n't a game , really , it was deadly serious . |
| 11 | Except that it was n't a restaurant , not quite . |
| 12 | Except that it was n't her name that she carved into the yielding stone , but her sister 's . |
| 13 | Except that it was n't Jeff . |
| 14 | No one knew much about it except that it was always there and so accepted . |
| 15 | I thought it was a cloud , except that it was too grey , the wrong colour , and then I thought : there are no clouds anywhere else . |
| 16 | Except that it was only the wealthy that did their two years . |
| 17 | In Grace Abounding nothing is said about his life as a soldier except that it was once preserved by the mercy of God when another man took his place as sentinel during a siege and was killed by a musket bullet . |
| 18 | The Ministry of Defence was a typical government ministry in the Soviet Union , except that it was much larger than most . |
| 19 | But more important than that it was also a triumph which brought to an end his struggle to win a second Tour title . |
| 20 | I was aware of its existence , but had n't read it and did n't know any more about it than that it was about to become law . |