Sentence examples for played instead of from inspiring English sources

He played instead of Jerrod Johnson, the Aggies'career leader in passing yards.

(Last year the same team won, except that Jerzy Zaremba played instead of Lesniewski).

That Geoff Hurst played instead of Greaves and scored a hat-trick cuts no ice with Law, and at the time it was no consolation to Greaves, either.

That December night was the only time in Flynn's career that he played instead of Russell, the first overall pick in April's N.F.L. draft by Oakland.

"They talk about the Yankees," Johnson said, beaming as if he had played instead of watched as a Lakers vice president.

The four players on the bench on Thursday all played, instead of Eoin Morgan, Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan and Reece Topley.

Then why did he play instead of Wilman Conde?

Whether Panesar plays instead of Swann might boil down to how they view the longer term.

This season, Bilcke said he welcomed the chance to prove he could play instead of fight.

Mario Gomez is in line to play instead of Timo Werner up front, given his greater physicality.

"It was like somebody was playing instead of me," he said.