Example sentences of "instead of [verb] at the " in BNC.
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1 | Then , instead of shaping at the extreme neck edge , or within a few stitches of a fully fashioned neck shaping , work the cable pattern , with two or so stitches between it and the neck edge and work the neck shaping within the cable pattern and the remaining stocking stitch of the shoulder edge . |
2 | Instead of looking at the brochure why not come down right now and have a look at the surgery and building ? ’ |
3 | This is the ice-cream tent and this is the Ladies and changing rooms for some of the performers and instead of looking at the back of the bar during the interval , the audience can look out over the rolling Oxfordshire countryside . |
4 | Thus , from a letter of 1867 : " most philologists lack that elevating total view of antiquity , because they stand too close to the picture and investigate a patch of paint , instead of gazing at the big , bold brushstrokes of the whole painting and — what 's more — enjoying them … " ; and " … our whole mode of working is quite horrible . |
5 | But instead of working at the Sun Valley factory in Hereford , they 're on a production line at Orleans in France . |
6 | But instead of going at the end of the process of building the new Europe , the Wall has gone at the beginning . |
7 | Because they frolicked at the temple of Bootsy Collins and Hot Chocolate instead of worshipping at the shrine of Marvin Gaye . |