| In the beginner's class, students take almost no falls except for simple backward ukemi. |
| This really ticked off Lisa and she turned around without saying anything else except for a groan or a whine or a sigh every once in a while. |
| The interim order also forbids him from lighting fires on any land except for land that he legally owns by way of a title deed. |
| They have no linguistic relationship to any other language except for a vague similarity to the Athabaskan language. |
| The events of his three years on the road, except for a few short asides, make up the plot of the novel. |
| He was always careful not to touch her, except for his brush, and then with just the gentlest of strokes. |
