Example sentences of "instead [prep] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably it would be far more sensible to insist on being taken home , instead of torturing herself with his company with his nearness like this , but she could n't summon the will to argue it out , as she knew he would . |
| 2 | Artists and the artistic community must stop deluding themselves and from now onwards begin scrutinising the very structure of their thought , instead of contenting themselves with pointless posturing systematically contradicted by the way in which art is produced and distributed . |
| 3 | Instead of comparing himself with them and feeling satisfied , he compares himself with a boy who 's much better off financially . |
| 4 | And instead of distancing herself from her subject with the language of ‘ scientific ’ detachment , her message is one of passionate commitment to the primates she has studied for almost the whole of her adult life . |
| 5 | ‘ Are you regretting making love to me , ’ he grated , ‘ or are you only regretting that you made love to me instead of saving yourself for André ? ’ |
| 6 | They appeared to apologize for their pitiable weaknesses , instead of forming themselves into a counter attack . |
| 7 | I thought if someone brought you to your senses , before it was too late , you 'd have a chance , instead of throwing yourself into any trouble that came along . |
| 8 | Sometimes , indeed , we identify with another instead of seeing ourselves as independent autonomous subjects , we identify with Lady Diana , our headmistress or somebody at work . |
| 9 | ‘ So why did n't you just look for another job , instead of involving yourself in such a risky undertaking ? ’ |
| 10 | But instead of allowing himself to be weaned off the drug , he went ‘ cold turkey ’ . |
| 11 | Doreen continued to hover about them , still chatting with forced brightness , but , instead of allowing herself to be drawn into their banter , Lucy made a start on preparing to leave . |
| 12 | Three minutes into the second-half the non-Leaguers ' obligatory fireman , Mottashed , instead of shooting himself in the foot , set fire to himself with a jittery own goal and Loram shortly made it 3-1 , deader than dead . |
| 13 | Instead of shooting ourselves in the foot our people are asking , where does the fi fight start ? |
| 14 | Of course he complained when he entered political writing instead of preparing himself for his poem . |
| 15 | If you are nervous before having to use your voice , whether you are speaking to a conference or about to ask the bank manager for a loan , the first secret of success is to feel those nerves instead of tensing yourself against them . |
| 16 | He lived for his profession , so much so that , instead of limiting himself to examining the remains of bomb-blast victims , he attended the courses and lectures available only to a very few on bomb-making and disarming offered at Fort Halstead . |