Sentence examples for instead of playing for from inspiring English sources

Instead of playing for the Yankees, Gonzalez will now face them tonight at home.

And imagine that instead of playing for a playoff spot, the teams were playing for their place in the N.F.L.

Instead of playing for the title, he became a devoted fan of his Swiss countryman Stanislas Wawrinka, who reached the semifinals.

If he wins over Tortorella, Erixon could play in the Stanley Cup playoffs for the Rangers instead of playing for the Calder Cup in the American Hockey League.

Suddenly, instead of playing for 1,500, there were 15,000 people – not all there to see us, but they were getting it.

But if Alomar had the disposition of Omar Vizquel, he might still be playing second base in Cleveland instead of playing for the sixth team of his career.

He came into contact with numerous important figures of the First World War through this work, including Douglas Haig, with whom he did not get on and Hubert Gough, who admired his "spirit of self-sacrifice and duty, instead of the idea of playing for safety and seeking only to avoid getting into trouble".

In a controversial move, Hunt chose to play for Australia instead of his native New Zealand, citing a lifelong dream of playing for Queensland in State of Origin.

Do they check into the hospital instead of playing golf?" For that matter, when you have to pay for your own health care, does your consumption really become more efficient?

Boy George had offered to donate the proceeds of one of his concerts to the city instead of playing janitor for a day.

Instead of playing it for political points, a House committee undertook a serious investigation into what went wrong at the barracks in Beirut.