Sentence examples for instead of came from inspiring English sources

Having literally just learnt English from Biff and Chip books, I had to unlearn it: saying "easy" instead of "hello" and "come" instead of "came"—as in: "He come round my house and I didn't even have my extensions in," rather than: "No, he did not come on my face, thank you very much".

Instead of coming of age culinarily, we may be regressing.

He wanted to start instead of coming off the bench.

Instead of coming undone, she picked herself up.

Instead of coming here for profit we think she came to be admired.

Instead of coming up to get a diploma, they're asked to leave the auditorium.

"I can play coverage instead of coming to get you all the time," Fewell said.

And that's why I stretched instead of coming with my pads together.

Instead of coming up with oil, firms often end up producing gas or even water.

Instead of coming in and buying three pair of shoes, they're buying two.

On Christmas Eve, instead of coming to my house, he ended up in hospital.