Example sentences of "instead [prep] [verb] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But instead of getting on with the revolution , which Lowe believed was Wilson 's historic duty , Harold had immediately ‘ sold out ’ to the capitalists by adopting right-wing policies approved by NATO and the International Monetary Fund . |
| 2 | In school , George was described as ‘ aggressive … he wanders about instead of getting on with his work … he wo n't conform … he 's like his brother … generally he disturbs other children . |
| 3 | Instead of getting on with the business of making toilet water , he spent his time on the racecourse and worse . |
| 4 | kept checking up on people 's like erm capabilities as well instead of getting on with his own job he kept checking up on their them all as well . |
| 5 | Apparently it belongs to this boy Svend because it was he who suggested they go to Copenhagen instead of staying on in Roskilde when the pop festival ended . ’ |
| 6 | Why does not that rule go in 1992 instead of limping on until April 1993 ? |
| 7 | A common mistake is to try to use lift on the way back instead of gliding on through it at a sensible speed . |
| 8 | Involvement of the valve of the aorta ( the large main artery , emerging from the heart ) , can cause this valve to become inefficient , so that instead of closing fully after each pumping beat of the heart , it remains partly open , allowing a proportion of the blood to return to the heart instead of passing on round the body . |
| 9 | Instead of pushing on to Normandy to muster an army and then return to Maine in force , he switched direction and went home to die . |
| 10 | ( 20 December 1777 ) So instead of moving on to Paris before the winter set in , the Mozarts remained in Mannheim . |
| 11 | Mungo Stone had the sensation that instead of threading on to the horizon , at any moment the ever-narrowing rails might simply come to a dead end among the trees . |
| 12 | Perhaps we should think about it , instead of drifting on from day to day . |
| 13 | To take advantage of the high rate of return on securities , people buy them now instead of holding on to their money . |
| 14 | If instead of holding on to the property X had given the property to Y no inheritance tax will be in point provided Y farmed the property ( or X survived the gift by seven years ) but in that case there would have been no capital gains tax uplift on the death of X. |
| 15 | Instead of going on to the pillar-box , Auntie hesitated a moment , then took shelter from the rain in the doorway of a gent 's outfitter 's , just by the bus-stop . |
| 16 | from here but turn down at West Parley , take the right hand turn instead of going on to the airport |
| 17 | mm , mm in any event members of the jury I , I forgot to mention to you earlier , er , thank you Mr you probably feel a wisdom of this having done several days of this case , two and a half hours is just about as long as anybody can be expected to sit and listen to evidence and er , what I was going to do , and I hope it does n't inconvenience anybody , I was going , instead of going on for three hours till one o'clock , I was gon na break off about half past twelve to about half past one , to break up the day as you know , I hope that 's alright , so what we 'll do we 'll go on now and , and I 'm sure , I think it 's doubtful if you would have got to that point by half past twelve , and then you and Lord sort it out and your learned duties as much as you can in the adjournment and then tell me afterwards what the brochure position is , I 'm sure you 've no objection to disclosing any brochures that you 've got that erm , or can get er which relate to that point |
| 18 | So why do n't we both get back to work now , instead of nattering on like a couple of housewives over the garden fence ? ’ |