Example sentences of "instead [prep] [verb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we look at each of the small group " scenes " we can accord them much higher status ; instead of commenting on the changing position of the door handle , we can discuss which moments from each of the " interviews " we will keep in the documentary ; we have an informing context in which to discuss what each of the interviewees said . |
| 2 | I thought he was simply jealous of the time I spent with her , instead of sitting on the other side of the gas fire , knitting or darning socks while he marked his school books . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Instead of focusing on the narrow agenda of Delors the new Europe should be more forward looking . |
| 5 | Only when these key steps have been taken will government and individuals alike be able to plan for the long term , instead of focusing on the short term and the next election . |
| 6 | He closed his eyes , as if he were tired , and Jessamy found that her gaze kept straying to him , instead of concentrating on the blank sheet in front of her . |