Sentence examples for but instead of leaving from inspiring English sources

But instead of leaving music behind, he used it as his basis for instruction.

But instead of leaving the country, he said, the militias appeared to be shifting their sights toward Israel.

But instead of leaving the party, as many others have, she has tried to reshape it in a more open and tolerant direction.

But instead of leaving the building, each man walked to the stacks, pulled out a book, sat down at separate tables and began to read.

She was a pianist and fluent in three languages, but instead of leaving her mark on the world, she was the backbone for husbands who did.

One of the most ardent slogans of May had been "Adieu, de Gaulle," but instead of leaving, that grand president called new elections for June.

"[But] instead of leaving the choice for Commission president to be haggled over behind closed doors after the election, the parties are saying before the election that this is our preferred candidate".

But then, instead of leaving you with a sneer or a sermon (a la late-period Doonesbury), the strip somehow became a celebration of life's simpler, sillier joys, like diving into a bunch of dandelions.

But instead of just leaving it to be thrown out with the trash, his wife, musician and artist Amanda Palmer, suggested that they hide it on the street outside, tell their Twitter followers what they had done, and wait for someone to pick it up.

I'm sufficiently convinced that that might yet happen to buy the girl versions and give them to my daughter — but this time, instead of leaving them lying around, I think we may sit down and turn some pages together, and maybe that's the best thing to do with my younger son as well.

If I had been a different kind of woman, with more immediate warmth, instead of this inner fire, I could have been very helpful to her - not in physical terms, but in day to day communication, instead of leaving her all alone".