Sentence examples for I did instead from inspiring English sources

"I'll show you what I did instead of writing," he says, scrolling through his phone.

As he aged, "that's what I did instead of varsity letters".

What I did instead was go home and buy a set of Cantonese language instruction tapes.

What I did instead was stick to what everyone around me was doing – putting up with the mortar bombardment, IEDs, being shot at and shooting back.

But what I did instead was to film the scene when Lilly returns and tells their friend Ilse what she did.

I think she knew how frustrated I was; I'm just glad that I said what I did instead of what I was really thinking.

So what am I doing instead?

And what had I done instead?

So what should I do instead?

Suddenly reflective, Marr now confides that he has been reading the poetry of George Herbert, and adds: "What I do instead of praying or meditation is that I draw.

"This is what I do instead of writing," Mr. Gaines said the other day, looking out at the above-ground cemetery vaults from the passenger seat of his car as his wife strolled the grounds, dry leaves and pecans crunching underfoot.