Except that by now he sounded more like King Lear, raging against the storm that was blowing even harder outside.
That should have happened by now, except that the typhoon flooded the plant of its supplier.
He was used to O.D. calls by now, except for the ones in which kids were around.
Wagner, a free agent, was free as of yesterday to sign with anyone, and the Mets would very likely have made him a proposal by now except that his agent was out of the country.
Last week, a spokesman for the city's Department of Environmental Protection, which oversees the water system, said the hydrants had all been dismantled by now except "maybe one or two in the Wall Street area," where the work is tied to water-main upgrading that has been slowed by the September 2001 terrorist attack.
The process of American disenchantment with certain classic stories began when I was their age, in the late 60s and early 70s, and I suppose it must be complete by now except that - can it ever be?
It was business as usual, except for the unending and, by now, somewhat exhausting drama as to when, and where, Anthony, will be traded.
It should be evident by now -- except maybe to the pre-teenagers who have learned everything they know about sex from pornography -- that pornography is a parallel world where smooth-skinned, perfectly proportioned ladies say no until they mean yes, a factory line of moving bits and parts, simulated bliss acted out to a symphony of moans.
The Village ("M Night Shyamalan's The Village") came complete with another O Henry-like ending, except this time drearily predictable; by now, viewers were so accustomed to the "Night twist", that they spent the whole movie outside of the narrative, wondering what the surprise would be.
The Oxford & Aylesbury Tramroad Company, which by now did nothing except collect £600 annual rent from the MR, pay the Winwood Charity Trust rent for their land near Quainton Road crossed by the rails, and pay Earl Temple an annual dividend of £400, remained independent under the control of the 4th Earl's trustees.
