Sentence examples for except for the excuse from inspiring English sources
James is deeply disenchanted by the value-per-pound argument of the crummy Moskvitch 408, while Jeremy finds no pleasure in the Lada Riva, except for the excuse it provides to don a ushanka hat while motoring.
Thanks for the excuse, though.
Except for the instances below, excused absences and postponed work are determined by the instructor.
And except for some excuse or other, they'd be in uniform out there.
When her sad-sack uncle, Taylor Mendon Matthew Broderickk), arrives from Pasadena to beg Amanda to go into rehab (although she insists she doesn't take drugs, except for the occasional tab of Ecstasy), she excuses herself for a few minutes to turn a quick trick with a geezer in a Stetson hat.
And ever since the West went from arguing against the breakup of the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War (except for the Baltic states, were to be politely excused from further participation) to pushing NATO's eastward expansion all the way to the borders of the former Soviet Union, Russia has seen NATO as a definite and distinct threat.
The set ran through No Doubt's singles, which were mostly played like their recorded versions except for "Excuse Me Mr.," which was transformed from punk to Police-like reggae.
Except for the freakish exceptions.
All I see are excuses — hey, we would have had inflation except for the Europeans, or something.
Except for the fireworks.
