Example sentences of "instead of turning " in BNC.
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| 1 | With what to Erika , used to the erratic behaviour of the old Lada , was miraculous smoothness , the driver let in the gears and drove down Grotewohlstrasse but instead of turning left at Leipziger Strasse , carried on into a warren of tiny streets . |
| 2 | So when we are thinking about helping bereaved people , instead of turning to emotional issues straightaway , we should perhaps consider the practical issues that the bereaved person is facing . |
| 3 | The Lord clearly despises the practice of reaching for the stars instead of turning to him . |
| 4 | Instead of turning left over the canal bridge which would have taken him into the village , he turned right and began walking out of the village on the Brookend road . |
| 5 | I had rooms in college that year , so instead of turning east along the High I carried on down Magpie Lane and round the corner into Merton Street , taking care over the cobbles , treacherous when wet . |
| 6 | Instead of turning back or taking the upper channel , a long cul-de-sac ending at a floodgate , Dennis beached the punt on the rollers forming a portage over the weir . |
| 7 | But the apothecary had been right , and by morning Anna was almost like her old self , crying at last to be fed instead of turning her head away . |
| 8 | Going to America to study after high school and my military service instead of turning pro . |
| 9 | It 's the issue with the Tom Verlaine article , the one where Chadwick contributed some Verlaine-orientated thoughts for the piece — but instead of turning first to that , he flips straight to the cover interview with Slash . |
| 10 | Instead of turning left towards the village they carried on to the right . |
| 11 | It 's as if , instead of turning towards metal , early '80s hardcore decided to drop the politics for the personal and pursue some semblance of catchiness . |
| 12 | Instead of turning brick-red or prawn-cocktail-pink , as she had feared , she is turning a pleasant beige , a natural beige , she is beginning to look the same colour that people look in television advertisements . |
| 13 | It may well be that Murad II , instead of turning outside the Ottoman world , created within it a figure to parallel the Abbasid caliph in respect of the religious authority and sanction he represented . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's time Dana took responsibility for her own life , instead of turning to you at every imagined crisis , ’ Myra said . |
| 15 | She waited , instead of turning straight back as I 'd expected . |
| 16 | That way she 'd be more in command of the situation instead of turning up the next morning knowing all eyes were going to be fixed on her . |
| 17 | If you want an Italian restaurant where the waiters bring you menus instead of shouting at you , where they leave the lights on instead of turning them off every twenty minutes , and where they make you get up and dance before they 'll turn them on again , then do n't try the Vecchio Reccione , however convenient it is for Stringfellows . |
| 18 | Instead of turning the controls and instruments towards the driver , Renault 's stylists have opened the entire dashboard up to the occupants . |
| 19 | But instead of turning to go he watched as she moved towards him . |
| 20 | And suddenly , instead of turning her away from him — he was drawing her towards him . |
| 21 | instead of turning up towards the Royal Standard you turn the other way , that comes down past . |
| 22 | the water got up to the second step from the top , but , when , instead of turning right into my road if you 'd keep straight on |
| 23 | and it was it was over the footbridge you know when you go into Morpeth instead of turning |
| 24 | And then instead of turning left down towards where we park the car , |
| 25 | Well somebody said to me , when I get to traffic lights instead of turning right and going through the bar I turn left and go , as if I 'm off up to North Cross . |
| 26 | instead of turning round |
| 27 | How many lorries can you count , one , one , one , that 's all we can count , why do n't you jump instead of turning round |
| 28 | Instead of turning left |
| 29 | Instead of turning left , turn right . |