Everyone seemed to be busy living their own lives, except her.

Though working in New York for the first time, he seems to have anticipated most problems, except one.

No one seemed to close their curtains in this city, except me.

But few seemed to see it, except the League of women, who prepared themselves.

Everything about me seemed to be dead, except my powers of observation, which were painfully alive.

Everybody in town's father was playing, it seemed, except Atticus.

Everything seemed to be exactly the same, except cleaner and purer.

Everyone, thought Kincaid, seemed to be looking for him this morning except the one he most wanted to find.

But none of the voices seemed very near, except his brothers.

There didn't seem to be anything left in her life, in the whole world, except tomorrow.