Example sentences of "instead [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't even know the water was there , ’ said Couples , whose Augusta victory came after his tee shot to the short 12th on the final afternoon defied gravity by clinging to a near-vertical bank instead of dropping back into the lake . |
| 2 | But instead of getting on with the revolution , which Lowe believed was Wilson 's historic duty , Harold had immediately ‘ sold out ’ to the capitalists by adopting right-wing policies approved by NATO and the International Monetary Fund . |
| 3 | Instead of getting on with the business of making toilet water , he spent his time on the racecourse and worse . |
| 4 | Involvement of the valve of the aorta ( the large main artery , emerging from the heart ) , can cause this valve to become inefficient , so that instead of closing fully after each pumping beat of the heart , it remains partly open , allowing a proportion of the blood to return to the heart instead of passing on round the body . |
| 5 | His voice is high-pitched and breathless , floating in the back of the mouth , instead of pushing up from the throat and chest . |
| 6 | Hunter was on about Deane not getting away from his marker enough , from corners and stuff he just sits and gets marked instead of moving out to the far post . |
| 7 | Success would encourage young people to stay in the inner city instead of moving out of the area . |
| 8 | So , instead of splashing out for the big one , we 've got a number of gorgeous jewels to give away . |
| 9 | However , the Junkers , instead of facing up to the industrial , economic and social changes that were sweeping Europe , preferred instead to set about the ruthless suppression of any and every gesture of sympathy for the French revolutionaries , and they took military action against the few tiny peeps of protest that emanated from Pomerania . |
| 10 | She knew that there was one compelling reason why Vitor d'Arcos should visit Praia do Carvoeiro and yet , instead of facing up to the possibility and planning a strategy , she had denied it . |
| 11 | Mungo Stone had the sensation that instead of threading on to the horizon , at any moment the ever-narrowing rails might simply come to a dead end among the trees . |
| 12 | Even where a bituminous felt layer was laid on top of the boarding , this form of construction is likely to compound problems of rainwater penetration once a gap appears in the roof covering because the water which enters , instead of draining out of the construction at the eaves , settles on the upper edges of the local slate-fixing battens , inducing rot both in them and the boarding . |
| 13 | If instead of holding on to the property X had given the property to Y no inheritance tax will be in point provided Y farmed the property ( or X survived the gift by seven years ) but in that case there would have been no capital gains tax uplift on the death of X. |
| 14 | Better still , instead of retreating back to the crossroads , they were going to the cover of the dark wood which ran like a bastion down the left flank of the French route to Quatre Bras . |
| 15 | Instead of crossing over to the hide as he 'd intended , he stopped in the trees by the pool . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , perhaps you might allow me to go for a walk from time to time , instead of waiting around in the servants ’ hall . |
| 17 | If she had had any sense she would still be in London , planning her next social function with her friends , instead of slinking off to the south of France because she had felt claustrophobic , because she needed to formulate a way of telling her fiancé that their engagement was off . |
| 18 | Instead of going on to the pillar-box , Auntie hesitated a moment , then took shelter from the rain in the doorway of a gent 's outfitter 's , just by the bus-stop . |
| 19 | from here but turn down at West Parley , take the right hand turn instead of going on to the airport |
| 20 | He came out with a fantastic shot , but it screwed off to the right of the green , and went down oft the mound instead of falling in towards the flag . |
| 21 | He decided to throw himself off the parapet of the bridge instead of lying down on the track . |
| 22 | No , oh , I mean personally I think it would be better for the United Reformed to join up with the shared pastures instead of joining up with the Methodist because the Methodist have got plenty of churches in their area , have n't they ? |
| 23 | Instead of pulling over onto the hard shoulder , opening the car bonnet and putting more oil in the engine , you take a hammer and bash out the oil warning light . |
| 24 | instead of turning up towards the Royal Standard you turn the other way , that comes down past . |
| 25 | ‘ If you had stayed to hear what I had left to say , ’ Claire said , smiling , ‘ instead of rushing out in the rain , I would have told you that , at the end of your dark tunnel , you would eventually reach the light . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We never use these drawers , if he 'd put the light on instead of feeling around in the dark he 'd have found that out immediately . ’ |
| 27 | Possibly , just possibly , the cars get sold as well as wage and staff cuts , but cutting directors ' perks instead of cutting back on the shop floor level ? |