Example sentences of "instead of [v-ing] in [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principal innovation associated with this test ( Berry and Mittler 1984 ) is that , instead of pointing in response to a word or sentence , the child is required to imitate a sentence spoken by the adult . |
| 2 | He encouraged movement , vigour , and a sense of character in her birds ; he instilled an idea of composition in which the subject related to its background , instead of perching in mid-air like a cardboard cut-out . |
| 3 | How many of us in fact discover our convictions from what we write , instead of writing in obedience to known convictions ? |
| 4 | Instead of resting in dressing-rooms between shows , the Girls were burnt out coping with double and tripling . |
| 5 | Taken in by the image of yourself they present you with , wrote Harsnet , instead of waiting in patience for the beginning , instead of waiting and then beginning , though beginning , having begun , he wrote , is not everything , is far from everything . |
| 6 | So , at the age of 31 , instead of standing in court in a pinstripe making pleas in mitigation for the Saturday night disorderly drunks , he is on the road to fame , suitcase and guitar in hand . |