Sentence examples for have been except from inspiring English sources

I don't know what her motivation could have been, except selfish.

"You'd think there would have been, except that cable is big right now.

Possibly it wouldn't have been except for the screenings that Welles arranged and the publicity that he got.

It is all over for the Scots and most of them will depart disappointed, pondering what might have been, except perhaps Davey.

It is hard to explain exactly how steep and slick the downhill courses have been except to say that occasionally the simple act of standing on skis, without moving, is a test of all your edging and pressure skills.

And it might have been, except for the fact that, in a destabilized and reflexively ironic age, we are always checking to make sure we haven't overlooked a mitigating circumstance or an admirable principle gone wrong.

He always has been, except for Tuesday.

It has been, except in the opposite direction," he wrote.

New York remains her home, as it always has been, except during her college years at Brown University in Providence, R. I

A In the beginning, it will be similar to what it has been, except I won't be at as many meetings.

When the landmark buildings of Europe were destroyed in World War II, they were ultimately restored just as they had been, except for subtle engineering improvements.