Example sentences of "was [adv] recover [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was sufficiently recovered to be permitted nourishment I felt the most extraordinary desire for a glass of Guinness , which I knew could be obtained without difficulty . |
| 2 | Theresa had a transplant in 1989 and was just recovering from that ordeal when she had a brain haemorrhage and went into a coma for three months . |
| 3 | The city was just recovering from one of the usual bouts of plague which come in late winter ; its citizens , however , sensed the worst was over and the streets buzzed like an overturned hive . |
| 4 | A DARLINGTON man was yesterday recovering in hospital after a Good Friday attack which left him with broken bones in his face . |
| 5 | A DARLINGTON bar worker was yesterday recovering after being threatened , bound and gagged in a £10,000 robbery . |
| 6 | A 12-YEAR-OLD boy , who survived in a fume-filled car in which his mother and eight-year-old sister died , was still recovering in hospital yesterday . |
| 7 | Moreover , Europe was still recovering from wartime devastation , and had achieved neither political coherence nor a sound enough military/ industrial base to provide a viable alternative to the North American connection . |
| 8 | Britain was still recovering from the long hard years of the second World War and the population had long felt the pinch of rationing and having to make do . |
| 9 | Llewellyn , who is attached to the Tim Forster stable , was really third choice for the mount on Party Politics , as injured Andrew Adams , 27 , was still recovering from a broken knee , and Richard Dunwoody , who had also ridden the gelding , was committed to Brown Windsor . |
| 10 | Endill was still recovering from his journey in the basket lift and he followed behind the Headmaster without a word . |
| 11 | At the time , the year of expiry would hardly have seemed significant , but when it arrived , Champagne was still recovering from four years of German occupation . |
| 12 | Bardot was still recovering from shock after narrowly missing being shot earlier this year by hunters killing her pets . |
| 13 | ‘ Abd al-Karim was still recovering from serious gunshot wounds sustained during the Iraqi occupation . |
| 14 | In contrast to the boundless optimism of the 1960s the country was still recovering from the traumas of Vietnam and Watergate and undergo-ing a crisis of confidence in both political leaders and institutions . |
| 15 | The whole visit was something of a disaster , and he was still recovering from it months later . |
| 16 | Caspar and Fenella had to explain it four times , and a fifth for Flaherty , who was still recovering from his overindulgence in the matter of the mulled wine . |
| 17 | Sir Roger was still recovering from a bad car accident just before Christmas . |
| 18 | De Gaulle opted for Pleven 's solution , on the grounds that the medicine that Mendès-France prescribed was too strong for a nation that was still recovering from its wounds . |
| 19 | She was still recovering from the shock of that earlier bout of jealousy . |
| 20 | He smiled , his eyes taking in her shiny hair , silky dress and everything else about her , and , while Leith was still recovering from the ‘ darling ’ , he placed a firm , possessive hand on her elbow and guided her into the room . |
| 21 | A butchers knife was later recovered at the scene . |
| 22 | The men escaped along the loyalist section of the Donegall Road and the car was later recovered in the Greencastle area of the Shore Road . |
| 23 | Tim Clayson , prosecuting , said all three , of Cotswold Crescent , Billingham , had gone to the school where a £50 cassette player had been stolen , but it was later recovered in Fenton 's bedroom . |
| 24 | The sword was later recovered from a long forgotten underground lair by a combined expedition of Dwarfs and Men . |
| 25 | An air rifle was later recovered from the scene and a man has been reported for summons at a later date . |
| 26 | BORIS the tarantula was today recovering in an animal hospital after a hairy experience in a post box which landed his owner in court . |
| 27 | TWO-YEAR-OLD Nicola Brady was today recovering from a serious attack by a stray dog near her home town of Monaghan . |
| 28 | TRANS-AFRICA walker Ffyona Campbell ( 26 ) , was today recovering after arriving in Britain , declaring : ‘ It 's great to be back . ’ |
| 29 | Twenty minutes later Elisa was fully recovered from the incident although her arm still ached slightly under Dr Silvino 's expert bandaging . |
| 30 | I arrived ten minutes later for dinner with Howard and was completely recovered by the end of the meal . |