It was a room where anything could happen except work.
Always before he had felt like she was looking for something from him, and now she didn't seem to need anything except work.
It was now time to cut away from everything else going on in my head except work, the mission.
She added, "Now, there is no time for anything except work."
So they do nothing except work to keep the status quo.
This got him out of bed, but then there was nowhere to go, except work.
"He has no ties to anybody except family and work."
"How long has it been since you went out for anything except work?"
At Microsoft, there was no peer pressure to do anything except work and ship on time.
I don't know what else to do except work a little harder.