Sentence examples for a left instead of from inspiring English sources

"I made a left instead of a right to check in with my bosses and it probably saved my life," said Mr. Rodriguez, who still finds it difficult to talk about his experiences that day.

One I might have had if my parents had taken a left instead of a right, if I had said no instead of yes, if I had kept my eyes on the ball, if I had cleaned my plate, brushed my teeth and said my prayers.

You're trying out a new route to work but take a left instead of a right.

If we hadn't eaten at that one restaurant, if we hadn't taken a walk, if I had said I wanted to return to the hostel, if we had taken a left instead of a right... our meeting wouldn't have happened.

"I took a left instead of a right and ended up heading to the V.A.," he said.

You can come up with a general strategy for how to approach a level, but it's not reliable; each time the stage loads up again, the physics play out in a slightly different way, possibly sending a fleet of trucks left instead of right.

Lots of bozos in prison suffer the reality that a step to the left instead of the right would have saved them from unimaginable oppressive grief and that instead of sitting behind bars complaining about gettin' no pussy they'd have some pudenda in their mouth.

Other times a receiver was bumped off his route or a lineman turned a pass rusher to his left instead of to his right.

Once you are inside, you will see a gravity ramp to your left, instead of going down it jump off the ship to the left where there is a safe piece of ground to land on.

Westbrook finished with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists — the last assist coming when he rushed the ball to Serge Ibaka for a dunk with 6.9 seconds left instead of running out the clock.

The napkin note that was left instead of a tip.