Example sentences of "[adv] recovering [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looks as if Mr Honecker , 77 and only slowly recovering from a gall-bladder operation , is incapable of grasping the situation in his country . |
| 2 | That was where Luch silently led Marion Maclean , slowly recovering from her shock during the four-mile walk . |
| 3 | Redmond , now with Oldham , is slowly recovering from the misery of his final few months at the club he joined as a boy . |
| 4 | All that and Benn has made the grand gesture of giving his new WBC belt to his first conqueror , Michael Watson , who is slowly recovering after the brain damage he suffered against Eubank last year . |
| 5 | He 's just recovering of course . |
| 6 | December 8 , 1924 : I am at the moment just recovering from a heavy bout of drinking . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Standing on chairs is n't to be recommended when you 're just recovering from a sprained ankle . |
| 10 | He says that they were only just recovering from making cuts last year , now they 're having to do the same again ; only this time there will be redundancies . |
| 11 | My husband , just recovering from hospital treatment himself , must now care for me , entailing 24-hour supervision . |
| 12 | And that 's beginning to show er up in the chemistry of the lakes and streams , some recovery of some lakes are already recovering in response to that reduction of emissions , but not all by any means . |
| 13 | That accident victim , trucker Harry Martinson , is still recovering at home in Hatfield Road , Ipswich , following the accident in April . |
| 14 | Mr Honecker , 77 and still recovering from a gall-bladder operation , has so far flatly rejected all notions of change . |
| 15 | But the European champions will again be without their injured captain Ruud Gullit , their third AC Milan player , who is still recovering from knee surgery , and the PSV midfielder Gerald Vanenburg , who has damaged knee ligaments . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It recognised that , with educational provision as a whole in a transitional phase , still recovering from the war and still adjusting to the requirements of the 1944 Act , it was inappropriate to ‘ set a course for adult education over the rest of this century ’ : ‘ our recommendations apply to the present transitional period ’ . |
| 20 | Endill was still recovering from his journey in the basket lift and he followed behind the Headmaster without a word . |
| 21 | The winner carried the famous ‘ Teaplanter ’ colours of owner Richard Russell who missed the ride as he is still recovering from a bad early season fall . |
| 22 | ( A more restrained Bristol is concentrating on lutes — presumably still recovering from the bagpipes . ) |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Sitting in Camden 's World 's End pub , Debbie and fellow Curve axe-wielder , Alex Mitchell are still recovering from their appearance at this year 's Glastonbury festival . |
| 25 | Toni Halliday , the group 's charismatic vocalist , absent today , is probably still recovering from the nightmare that was her first band , State Of Play . |
| 26 | Neil , 23 , of Wythenshawe in Manchester , is still recovering from shock , but Sue was determined they would have a Christmas to remember . |
| 27 | They all looked and saw that Mildred 's feet , still recovering from the invisibility potion , had not yet reappeared , even though she had changed back to her usual self . |
| 28 | Apart from a few lesser results , the high point came at Fuji in Japan — the race that saw James Hunt crowned champion when Niki Lauda , his nearest rival , still recovering from his terrible and incendiary accident at the Nürburgring , withdrew from the race on the second lap because , as Niki said , ‘ only a fool would race in these conditions ’ — when Mario was on pole and won the race magisterially . |
| 29 | Bardot was still recovering from shock after narrowly missing being shot earlier this year by hunters killing her pets . |
| 30 | The victim , aged 44 , is still recovering from her ordeal which happened outside Barclays Bank in Kingsway , Dovercourt , on February 22 . |