Sentence examples for was instead of from inspiring English sources
"It was instead of saying 'stop being an asshole'".
This was instead of the maximum liability of actually having to buy the company.
The talk was instead of sadness at seeing an American firm falling to outsiders.
"Our deal was, instead of picking up the get-high, pick up the phone," says Ms. Lyde.
(That was instead of the discounted $13 ticket that was priced to compete with Braniff International Airways, now defunct).
The idea was instead of the boring coffee makers, we use the same machines and materials for making art multiples.
"The situation was instead of playing great the first 10 minutes, we were great the last 10 minutes".
A picture identified as being of Officer Wiese was instead of Mr. Gravano, the gangland hitman-turned-informant better known as Sammy the Bull.
And yet it was: instead of feeling that my words had been taken from me, I felt that they had become part of some grander cause.
He was furious that the BBC presented the result as a "record rebellion" - which it was - instead of a significant victory for Tony Blair because the rebels did not win the vote.
"I did a lot of interesting stuff," she says, "and I didn't feel like any of it was 'instead of.' " For a while, Winger had been itinerant, visiting developing countries and traveling to remote location shoots.
