Example sentences of "[noun sg] instead [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the way of it , Tina was a month ahead of Jean and had Stu with little trouble in her own bedroom instead of going into the hospital at Gore as she 'd done with Sandy . |
| 2 | Because it has the element of ‘ non-disturbance ’ about it , some scientists feel easier about using e-mail instead of waiting for the corridor/coffee break meeting . |
| 3 | For well over a century the design has been available whilst in 1909 the Science Museum , for example , acquired the example to be seen in the Computing Then and Now gallery , purchasing the cheaper of the two production models made by Messrs Newton and Co. and fully described in the firm 's literature Stratton 's brainchild differs from the Newton model only in having the second pendulum attached to the pen instead of hanging below the main pendulum under the table . |
| 4 | It was , said the Examiner , ‘ an unusual sight to see the crowd hanging about after the match instead of rushing for the tramcars . |
| 5 | Every time I flick the rod in an attempt to mend the line the crust pulls off course and washes into the rubbish raft instead of curling round the edge of the tree trunk . |
| 6 | It also gives a ready answer to anyone asking why you do n't get a job instead of going down the pub . |
| 7 | Spurs play their possesion futba which looks good but is not at all dangerous — when they had chances for breaks they just kept passing the ball instead of going for the fast break . |
| 8 | After two days , in which it had become clear that Daod was organizing a drug shipment from Lebanon via Cyprus to Bulgaria , a well-worn route through the Eastern bloc into Western Europe , he decided to go home and sleep with his wife instead of staying on the job , as instructed , in case of overnight calls . |
| 9 | Women will bring little kids to the adventure playground and talk to each other instead of screaming over the walls of their backyards — oh , piss off ! ’ |
| 10 | Next day Elspeth went to mount the horse again , but this time she was chatting to a friend instead of listening to the horse . |
| 11 | Because they frolicked at the temple of Bootsy Collins and Hot Chocolate instead of worshipping at the shrine of Marvin Gaye . |
| 12 | I 'll run in the Bath Half-marathon instead of going to the Vets Cross-Country Championships in Wales . ’ |
| 13 | It led to employers spending time in filling up forms and trying to ensure that every conceivable expense was lumped together under the heading of training instead of concentrating on the training itself . |
| 14 | It felt like he was bored , like he was playing with his camera instead of getting into the thing . |
| 15 | In the end I bullied Andy , I said , Andy there is something fishy about this fire he said well it 's possible he said that it was erm a display model and every time anybody came in and needed a replacement part instead of sending for the part they took it out of the display model ! |
| 16 | he told them he 'd stopped in the fast lane instead of moving to the hard shoulder because he did n't want to ruin his tyre by driving on after a puncture . |
| 17 | ‘ I can lend them money instead of going to the pawnshop . |
| 18 | Cos she saw me putting the corn in and she decided she 'd try and get it by diving through the black net instead of going through the gate , like with a normal hen , you know , this one 's obviously brain dead or |
| 19 | She had just spent a weekend at home in Belfast dutifully admiring the latest Hennessy grandchild and enduring countless little digs about good Catholic girls and settling down to raise a family instead of racketing about the world enjoying herself — as if it was such a sin to enjoy life , for God 's sake , she thought angrily , and anyway six years as Sister in the accident and emergency department of the Audley Memorial in Suffolk hardly constituted racketing ! |
| 20 | Each pattern proclaims that it has the solution instead of collaborating in the search . |