Sentence examples for but instead received from inspiring English sources

After choosing a lane, Mr. Parrish ordered a pitcher of Budweiser — but instead received an enormous beer tower.

The third took no pills but instead received coaching on how to modify their eating habits and incorporate exercise into their schedules.

During the first investigation he had asked for certain documents but instead received written statements saying that they did not exist.

Farid Suleman, who has served as the chief executive since 2002, said in testimony that he had tried to get common stock in the company's reorganization but instead received options.

Greece's Prime Minister arrived in Brussels today to try and convince his EU partners to unlock more emergency funding, but instead received a dressing-down from leaders unhappy with the increasingly combative rhetoric and lack of reform from Athens.

Accordingly, she was not admitted to N.Y.U.'s College of Arts and Science, but instead received a letter informing her that she was being considered for the university's General Studies Program, into which she was eventually accepted.

Retailers can't access specific information about any other brands but instead receive an aggregated metric.

We generalize stochastic subgradient descent methods to situations in which we do not receive independent samples from the distribution over which we optimize, but instead receive samples that are coupled over time.

The program has been legislated to ensure that volunteers do not receive social security payments but instead receive an allowance, paid by the program service provider (which are companies or other organisations that are contracted by the federal government).

Another one of their witnesses, state probation officer Joel Maringa, caused controversy when he suggested that Pistorius should not be put in prison but, instead, receive a sentence of three years house arrest and carry out a period of community service.

Hassan, who has a wife and two boys in Ghana, said he thought he would get $900 a month as a labourer but instead receives the equivalent of about $250.