"And no one will know what I mean except people who know me incredibly well."
What could it mean, except the thing she feared?
There couldn't be any motive, I mean, except some abnormal one.
"I didn't mean anything except that I'm not like you, Mama."
Nothing in life meant much to him any more except these beautiful things which his own passion for beauty had brought together.
"Moral rights will not mean anything except inconvenience and lost consumer access to movies."
I'm giving up Patricia; nothing means anything to me except the mother of my child.
And if he died it meant nothing to Davis except the trouble of finding another dog.
None of the names meant much to Pompey except the last one; he sat up straight.
What does she mean to you, except more trouble than you need?