Sentence examples for instead of cleaning up from inspiring English sources

But instead of cleaning up his computer, Shrive ruins Kenny's life.

Instead of cleaning up after her new husband, she delineated his-and-her areas of the house.

Instead of cleaning up relations between the government and construction firms and bringing about profound political reform, everything would be renegotiated back to where it was.

"Instead of cleaning up where Fannie and Freddie went wrong, we're eradicating a proven system that worked very well for most of its history," said John Taylor, president of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.

Nothing could be more desirable, but the only possible response was to wish Mr. Giuliani had taken it on during his first term, instead of cleaning up the Fulton Fish Market.

Instead of cleaning up, she fondles a wineglass in the afternoons, in part because Jack, whom she's still crazy about after a decade of marriage, is beginning to slide away.

Instead, he ran on his record of cleaning up crime in Bihar and promoting education and development.

Two kinds of "cleaning up" ensued.

Workers began the chore of cleaning up the aisles.

"Yes, we did a good job of cleaning up the garbage and cleaning the city.

Next came the job of cleaning up the balance sheet.