Sentence examples for were except that from inspiring English sources

So a neighbor thought sure they were skateboard punks putting up graffiti-which actually they were, except that Fairey is also the world famous artist who's portrait of Barack Obama was on the cover of Time Magazine when President-Elect was named "Man of the Year" -- and eventually called the cops.

We didn't know who they were except that they were Iraqis.

Representative Gary Ackerman, a Queens Democrat, told a radio host on Wednesday that he did not know what Ms. Kennedy's qualifications were, "except that she has name recognition — but so does J. Lo".

Were they not, for some 70 years, all Yugoslavs, united by the long history of alien rule that preceded that country's invention soon after the first world war?So they were—except that it was exactly alien rule that disunited them.

It is also rather transparent of Marsh to attribute the allegations made on the Today programme to Kelly ("Dr Kelly's allegations") when he should know that no one knows precisely what Kelly's views were, except that he supported military action against Saddam Hussein.

Because SPAD chlorophyll meter readings were not associated with yield, we expected the QTL for these traits to be independent, and they were, except that some single-environment QTL were found on linkage groups b03, b04, b08, and b10.

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

We don't know what it is, except that it's a... novel.

Anything, that is, except spinach, "that detestable degrading vegetable".

Anybody, that is, except me.

Everyone, that is, except Robert.