He asked the King to receive his children as hostages, and promised that he and his people would obey all the commands of the King, except only that he would not come himself into the King's presence.
And the king said: "Ask what you will, and you shall have it: except only that I may not give you your life, for that is against the law of the Greeks.
Then the leader of the embassy made answer that peace reigned everywhere, except only that a certain race called the Saxons were disturbing the territories of the Franks by frequent raids.
The bill drafted for this purpose made the removal of all officers, appointed by and with the consent of the Senate, except only members of the President's Cabinet, subject to the consent of the Senate.
That which is lawful in the nature of it is never lawful in the use of it, except only when it is expedient for edification, as teacheth the Apostle, 1 Cor.
Their example was quickly followed by all the inhabitants of that province, except only those of Najrân, who, being Christians, chose rather to pay tribute.
Lord says, Matthew vi; and as the motive, so is also the work and the reward: none of them is good, except only in the eyes of the world.
On all points they were repelled, except only at the village of Athies, where Marmont had obtained some advantage.
The Hunt is alwayes one of the two Bells which makes every Change, except only when it comes before or behind the Bells, and it moves only over one Bell at a time; 'tis to be hunted up after this manner.
He would not suffer the names to be inscribed, except only of men who fell in the wars, or women who died in a sacred office.
You shall understand that all the world was destroyed by Noah's flood, except only Noah, and his wife, and his children.
Under the doctrine of comity, such corporations can act in any other State with all the powers given them in the State where they are created, except only they be expressly limited by a statute of such other State.
But what is there in this whole matter to cause such a strong conception, except only a present object and a customary transition to the idea of another object, which we have been accustomed to conjoin with the former?
Under such conditions woman's suffrage kleaves things as they are, except only that it undermines the logical foundations of the law, and still further debases the standard of public efficiency and public morality.
Except only in the case of Anteia, two generations old, there is no instance in Homer of a woman who seeks the breach of it.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "except only" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
