Example sentences of "except [that] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will not tell you a lot about what 's going to make him tick as an adult , except that he might be good at a particular academic subject . ’ |
| 2 | Everyone remembered him as a big man in all senses but not as a good headmaster except that he liked everyone and everyone liked him and in chapel he was a superlative speaker . |
| 3 | Sorry , I sound like my own CO — except that he hardly ever calls me darling . |
| 4 | He would have liked to say I 'd rather you stayed , except that he had no real reason , or no reason he could give her easily . |
| 5 | In fact he could have been me , except that he had had the initiative to ask the landladies if he could stay cheaper by foregoing the second ‘ B ’ — the breakfast . |
| 6 | What was in his mind — except that he had killed his dallta , and wished to die with him ? ’ |
| 7 | His health is very good , except that he is sometimes subject to an occasional fever . |
| 8 | I remember little about him except that he had a black beard flecked with grey , and gave me oranges . |
| 9 | ‘ No , nothing , except that he was going to hit me . ’ |
| 10 | Professedly an architect , though ‘ of his architectural doings , nothing was clearly known , except that he had never designed or built anything ’ , Pecksniff |
| 11 | The glance had told her nothing except that he had retreated into himself again . |
| 12 | He could have slain people with his questioning , except that he never listened to the answers . |
| 13 | Little is known of his early life , except that he was the son of a judge 's clerk , of upper-middle class background , and that the male members of the family were engaged in either the legal or ecclesiastical professions . |
| 14 | Unlike his team mate , who has what would be a Rug Nightmare except that he 's Italian and so it 's not . |
| 15 | Today , my brother is a perfect physical specimen , except that he has to turn his hand slightly to get it out of his pocket . |
| 16 | He would be willing to draw lots as to who jumps over the side , except that he is sure that the other , if he lost , would go back on his word . |
| 17 | We know nothing of his being or his nature , except that he is a created spirit that has lost his relationship to the Godhead . |
| 18 | By degrees she , Dinah , had become little more than his reader , except that he gave her too many babies , no doubt absent-mindedly . |
| 19 | She married a man named Howie , of whom I know nothing except that he was rich ; there are several children , and then after his death she married Dr Heatherton , who was a widower with children also . |
| 20 | Except that he d like to see you some time . |
| 21 | Anyone could tell they were brother and sister they were so much alike , except that he had a little goatee beard on his chin . |
| 22 | The brief glimpse the signalman gained of the stranger was not sufficient to give a good description except that he was male and he appeared to be carrying a bag . |
| 23 | Going through Joe 's mind as he mounted the stairs were thoughts which were very similar , except that he expressed his in a slightly different way . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't really know much about Doctor Reid , ’ I admitted , ‘ except that he seems to have a great sense of humour and is — well , perhaps a bit unconventional . ’ |
| 25 | Magellan refused , of course — except that he was evidently frustrated enough at the lack of success in finding a way through to promise that if no strait was found by the time they had eaten up another 25° of latitude , he would turn east as they wished . |
| 26 | Talbot could n't even begin to guess at his nationality except that he was n't Greek . |
| 27 | Van Gelder had n't made any mistakes about her , Talbot thought , except that he 'd missed out on the wide green eyes and a rather bewitching smile . |
| 28 | He looked like a buccaneer of old except that he wore not the wide-sleeved shirts and breeches of the past but the rough working clothes that had been her father 's . |
| 29 | We know almost nothing of Anselm 's activity during this period except that he consecrated two Irish and two English bishops . |
| 30 | He looked very much like his father except that he was fatter , and red in the face where Mr Evans was pale . |