Sentence examples for got instead of from inspiring English sources

What we got instead of a duel was a "damp squib," as someone told the BBC.

In essence, New Yorkers have increasingly had to adapt to the housing we've got, instead of designing and building the housing that suits who we have become.

Between the reduction of a struggle for equality to the defense of abortion and the rise of the New Right, women got, instead of maternity leave, breast pumps and "mommy wars".

Watching I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! from the comfort of my hand-crafted velvet sofa with my snout in a tub of Strawberry Cheesecake Haagen-Dazs and a glass of something lively in my chubby little fist, I was curious as to who they got "instead" of me after I turned the gig down for the second year in a row.

The American Federation of Teachers AFTT) estimates that 2 million teachers will be needed over the next decade (though some dispute this figure --and that assumes we keep most ofigure --ande've already got, instead ofigure --andthatcurrent crop.

"Set your default mode to trying to eat the food you've got instead of so quickly trashing it.

But what did we get instead of the broad sweep of the western?

"Or that I get instead of a 30-foot trailer, a 40-foot trailer.

What You Get: Instead of points, members of this program receive perks and insider experiences designed by individual hotels.

In Bhaskar, however, we get, instead of a Michael Barrymore on speed, a dead-eyed, surly Peter Sellers.

What we get instead of Melbourne University radicals is stock footage of a young female hand taking The Pill.