No one except her mother seemed to know anything about them.

I had never been kissed by anyone except my mother.

He could think of nothing except his mother down below.

But he and his wife had no other children except my mother.

No one would help him except his mother, and she's dead.

But nobody knows that except her mother and the priest.

She liked to have him wait upon her, for he did it to no other woman except his mother.

She'd sent everyone away except her mother, and when he walked in she was ready for him.

The girl reported the incident to no one except her mother.

Nobody had expected him to live except his protective mother.