Example sentences of "instead of going to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | And she told me about her relations , of one young cousin in particular , who had never thrived but sat by the fire instead of going to school with the other children , not growing an inch . |
2 | Some parents may be encouraging their children to help at home or even take up work instead of going to school . |
3 | I know : instead of going to sleep , let's go to Tunisia . ’ |
4 | Instead of going to court he paid six hundred and fifty pounds for the damage and apologized to the shop 's owner . |
5 | And you 're not working Saturday morning , instead of going to work late we can go a bit early and do a bit of shopping ourselves . |
6 | Course I hung around in the park instead of going to clarinet lessons . |