Sentence examples for but instead got a from inspiring English sources

Inter's champions needed a motivator but instead got a scholar.

I arrived expecting a Resort, but instead got a resort, circa 1965.

After completing the equivalent of an American community college, he was admitted to universities but instead got a job as a programmer, writing code for a computer gaming company in Yorkshire.

Scott told HuffPost he was expecting more resistance when he appeared at the city council last week, but instead got a relatively warm reception.

Glendening said Johnson was set to be removed from the army in September 2014 because of the incident, but instead got an honorable discharge months later.

He thought he'd eat a lot of pie but instead got an earful from a bunch of ignorant Americans, angry at the "Muslim" in office who they feel destroyed our country.

Pitt could make an argument for a 6 seed, but instead got an 8. Its reward?

I was hoping for wet dreams, but instead got an entirely different brand of delight.

In 2007, Morris remembered that "in the first week, someone tried to score an ounce of weed, but instead got an ounce of cocaine.

The Norwegians want a penalty shot on the Keith penalty but instead get a five-on-three of 62 seconds.

IDC reckons that about 23.6m tablets of all sorts – equal to a quarter of PC sales – will have been sold in the fourth quarter, principally in the markets such as North America and Europe where PC sales are shrinking and consumers are deciding not to replace their PC but instead getting a tablet, which costs less.