I got all As on my report card, except for a B in Latin.除了拉丁语得了B，我的成绩单上都是A。

Except for that one typo, there were no mistakes.除了那处打字错误，再没有其他错误了。

Everyone was invited except for [=but] me.除我以外，所有人都受到了邀请。

They would all have died except for [=but for] her and her quick thinking. [=it was only because of her that they did not die]要不是她以及她的敏捷思维，他们就都死定了。