| 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. |
| But finally the state enforced better emissions standards, and the talc disappeared, except for traces here and there. |
| 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. |
| The alley was pitch black except for the reflected glitter of the water on the walls. |
