Sentence examples for weeks except for from inspiring English sources

He stayed in bed for weeks, except for abrupt trips to the nursing station, where he yelled, screamed and banged his fists on the wall.

Adults live only a few weeks, except for those that migrate south and overwinter in Mexico, which live seven to nine months.

Everything after that happened very fast: on April 1, a tent was set up in the very center of campus, and the hunger-strikers made their homes there for the next couple of weeks, except for one night of wretched weather.

Mr. Clinton will make a commitment to join with the European Union in sweeping away a variety of additional sanctions over the next several weeks, except for those specifically intended to keep Mr. Milosevic, his family and their political allies from sending millions of dollars in assets overseas.

Several of the seven Board of Education members have said publicly that they are in favor of greater parental choice on bilingual assignment, but few have spoken out in favor of the various proposals that have surfaced in recent weeks, except for William C. Thompson, the board president, who has floated his own plan.

Chronic unpredictable stress combined with isolation rearing was applied on rats for three weeks, except for control group.

Argos says it offers four home delivery slots each day, seven days a week, except for Christmas Day.

"It's going to stay on once a week except for that special half-hour celebrity edition," he said.

Their plan would require the president to consult senior lawmakers before initiating combat lasting longer than a week, except for covert operations or rare cases requiring emergency action.

Still, his clients come to him, every day of the week except for Friday, the Muslim day of rest, from 8am until 4pm.

* I didn't bother signing up for one of those international roaming plans for my cellphone; it has stayed in airplane mode all week, except for Wi-Fi.