Sentence examples for paid except from inspiring English sources

With the current system, everyone gets paid except for the donor".

She would not say how much she paid, except that it was enough that she asked her parents for help.

She took over a rent-controlled lease from her parents, and she would not specify what she paid, except to say that it is under $400 a month.

The EU policy seems to be for wage earners and pension savers to bail out banks for their legacy of bad mortgages and other loans that cannot be paid – except by going into poverty.

In every other war, Americans have paid, except for the Revolution, when we borrowed money from the French and the Dutch.

They'll spend some of that time in Las Vegas (all expenses paid, except, I imagine, anything involving illegal substances or sexual activities).

And who has the money to pay, except the rich?

As the report makes clear, there is no federal or state law requiring hospitals to care for people who cannot pay, except for emergencies -- though nearly all hospitals in New York do so, to some degree.

And so … People who are permitted to use the Olympics as a vehicle for advancing their own messages and agendas: the president of the host nation, the organisers, the sponsors, the IOC, the sportswear manufacturers, and anyone who pays (except the lowly customers).

Why then should the tax cost of living on a given piece of property in a given community be based on one's ability to pay, except that advocating this form of discrimination serves the interest of certain groups at the expense of others?

Back then, there was no economic price to pay, except perhaps for condemnation at the UN and the loss of landing rights for Aeroflot at American airports.