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91. Some voters wrote in names instead of checking off the candidates listed.

92. I can hardly wait for my birthday. It cannot be used instead of hard:I've been working hardly today.

93. I ought to give up smoking. In questions, should is usually used instead of ought to:Should we call the doctor?

94. Let's deal properly with the question,instead of just pecking at it.

95. She always thought that having a family instead of a career was a cop-out.

96. You can make a reduced fat version of the cheesecake by using cottage cheese instead of cream cheese.

97. Instead of discussing their problems, they bottle up all their anger and resentment.

98. Instead of using the money to pay his rent, he went to a betting shop and lost the lot in half an hour.

99. Instead of doing something about the problem, the council is hiding behind a smokescreen of bureaucracy.

100. The Reverend William Spooner used to produce spoonerisms such as 'a scoop of boy trouts', instead of what he had meant to say - 'a troop of boy scouts'.

101. One of the peculiarities of his behaviour is that he shouts instead of talking.

102. It's good to breathe fresh country air instead of city smoke.

103. You should try to work at an even rate instead of taking it easy one day and working flat out the next.

104. It looks like an innocent bystander was killed instead of you.

105. The enemy may have recourse to steel instead of poison.

106. Would you prefer to live in the country instead of a town?

107. Instead of snacking on crisps and chocolate, nibble on celery or carrot.

108. The plan boomeranged when they were trapped instead of their victim.

109. Some people refer all the troubles to bad luck instead of lack of ability.

110. Instead of stopping to speak, she passed by with only a distant nod.

111. You have to learn to laugh instead of getting uptight about things.

112. an instead of a before it. This now sounds old-fashioned.

113. Guy keeps tiptoeing round the problem[sentencedict.com/instead of.html], instead of confronting it.

114. The shopkeeper gave us short weight : we got 7.5 kilos instead of 10 kilos.

115. Instead of fixing my computer, he's botched it up completely.

116. Instead of taking me to the departure lounge they took me right to my seat on the plane.

117. Have you been loafing away the whole afternoon instead of getting on with your work?

118. She missed the train because she read 18.30 as 8.30 p.m. instead of 6.30 p.m.

119. Instead of confronting the enemy directly, Napoleon simply outflanked them.

120. You waste a lot of water by having a bath instead of a shower.