Example sentences of "but instead [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But instead of ploughing through the text , their introduction to the play comes from Tilt — a new Gloucester-based company . |
| 2 | Luke 's face tightened , but instead of reacting to the taunt , he pursued his earlier accusation . |
| 3 | The Goldsmiths were not insensible of the problem ; but instead of dispensing with the formality they offered the candidate as compensation thirty shillings — for a journey to London , the equivalent of 15% of the annual salary ! |
| 4 | But instead of crashing to the ground , I was caught , by my trousers , on a pin in her clothes . |
| 5 | My nine-year-old son recently told me of dreaming of swinging violently in the hammock ( something he frequently does during the summer ) and falling out ( again , a frequent occurrence ) , but instead of landing on the ground he floated , and started a floating dream in which he effortlessly travelled around the garden suspended above the ground . |
| 6 | Her only task in the clean-up was to empty the two jam jars of snowdrops , but instead of disposing of the flowers she took them with her . |
| 7 | I think it 's straight from Hollywood really ; but instead of falling into the arms of Barbara Stanwyck , it would be Tyrone Power . |
| 8 | But instead of waiting on the same platform for an Edgware train , they made their way up to the British Rail terminus , and in the men 's lavatory the bear got into his bear suit . |
| 9 | But instead of working at the Sun Valley factory in Hereford , they 're on a production line at Orleans in France . |
| 10 | But instead of going into the street where mullahs , students and soldiers were desperately digging people out . |
| 11 | But instead of going at the end of the process of building the new Europe , the Wall has gone at the beginning . |
| 12 | But instead of returning to the trees and swinging happily ever after , the orangs got caught up in web of conservation politics . |