Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] of [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The World Cup triple jump bronze medallist has decided to run in the 100 metres at the Cleveland County Stadium on Saturday instead of going through the motions in what would have been a practice trial in his specialist event . |
| 2 | And I further think you 're working all on your ownsome on this and that 's why you 've come to good old Uncle Mo instead of going to the boys at Langley . |
| 3 | To save time , I determined to cut straight across the desert to Afdam instead of returning by the longer route we had come by . |
| 4 | If Inchbad married Flame , it would be a very special occasion indeed ; it might be just the occasion when they would want a dish or two of roast Gnome and , more to the point , it would get the Gruagach out of paying for the new Crown Jewels . |
| 5 | Other strands , particularly the Evangelical , have so concentrated on ‘ the Lord Jesus ’ in their teaching and worship that they have virtually made an idol of the flesh of Christ instead of coming to the Father through him . |
| 6 | GOOD for Princess Anne , waiting for her children to arrive in Barcelona instead of going to the Opening Ceremony without them . |
| 7 | A deal of debate centred around her decision to defend her title in the English Girls ' Championship at Edgbaston instead of playing in the British Women 's Open at Ferndown . |