Example sentences of "instead [prep] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I still wish you had accepted my invitation to stay here for the wedding , instead of at a hotel . ’ |
| 2 | ( 2 ) Choose a poem ( the same one as in exercise 1 if you like ) , and put the title after the first stanza , so that it is in the middle of the poem instead of at the beginning . |
| 3 | It changes every year so we go to these conference and we fight on our declaration of intent , on pensions , pensions reviews , that 's er reviewing a pension what we 're trying to get for the government of the day to review the pensions every six months instead of at the present every year . |
| 4 | I wished I had stayed there instead of at the sweetshop . |
| 5 | Zvi Lipsky , the Burial Society Treasurer , had spent the whole afternoon trying to rid his mind of the annoyance of Arnold Wine 's advertisement in that morning 's Cork Examiner and now there was Wine himself , as bold as brass , sitting up in the front seats if you please , instead of at the back where he should be . |
| 6 | Crown woods were sold by Exchequer warrant , and Forest offenders were prosecuted in the Court of Exchequer Chamber , instead of at the Forest Eyre . |
| 7 | Shiona parked at the front , instead of at the side of the house where everyone normally parked their cars , and , pushing back her hair , headed for the front door . |
| 8 | By positioning a bolster in the middle of the bed instead of at the end the mattress will look as if it is divided into two separate areas . |
| 9 | A last-minute alteration introduced by Khasbulatov regarding governmental structures would effectively require Yeltsin to give up the premiership within three months , instead of at the end of the year . |
| 10 | Once the guidelines have been set up we can look at them instead of at the target . |