'Except' in the Bible

So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly; for what will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done?

When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look on?

So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.