Example sentences of "except that i [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Except that I heard you threaten to . ’ |
| 2 | Except that I thought you 'd understand — and perhaps I did think that you had a right to know why I feel the way I do about … about anything permanent . ’ |
| 3 | She thought , Now he 'll say what he was going to say last night , except that I made it hard for him , I was so unloving , so unresponsive . |
| 4 | I could n't tell how exactly , except that I found I could n't teach you so well . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know no more , except that I helped him to hide in the hayloft . |