Example sentences of "had recovered from " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , after a year or so he had recovered from all his problems except cribbing and an occasional bout of colic . |
| 2 | By the time the masters had recovered from the apres ski and had their lie-in , the boys only managed about two hours ’ skiing a day . ’ |
| 3 | His dark hair , trimmed by Moxie , was curly and glossy , his face with high cheek bones and small nose and small sensuous mouth and dark blue eyes , had resumed its glowing charm ; and when his friends ( Barry Titmus , for instance , Jerry Locke , Sidney Brett , and Ned Oliver who had recovered from his own ailments ) came to see him , roars of laughter could be heard from above . |
| 4 | Blood-tests are now available to tell whether someone has had German measles in the past , and nobody in their right mind would suggest that such a positive blood test indicated the presence of active German measles long after the patient had recovered from the infection . |
| 5 | When he had recovered from his ordeal , Ciparis was able to tell of what had happened — and he went on telling the story for the rest of his life , for he was given a free pardon , joined a travelling circus , and became something of a celebrity . |
| 6 | When she had subsided , and we had recovered from our surprise at this outburst , we asked her whether the small and large hominids were strictly savannah species or whether they spent much of their time in forests . |
| 7 | Susan was quite well now ; at least , she had recovered from the effect of nursing their father through that long , heart-breaking illness , but she seemed to have lost all her spirit . |
| 8 | Salt had recovered from her first surprise and was about to launch into a longer attack . |
| 9 | Perhaps , when she had recovered from this encounter , he could suggest that they become engaged , albeit in an unacknowledged fashion as he could not afford a ring worthy of her . |
| 10 | Despite not knowing the circuit and rain during practice , he scored another second place behind Stewart , who had recovered from an ulcer . |
| 11 | Enough to say that , after he had recovered from the operation and came home , Nigel and I had forty-eight days together in which he was serene , happy and free from pain , which I regard as beyond price . |
| 12 | Later that day , the news began to spread that the Headmistress had recovered from her fainting-fit and had then marched out of the school building tight-lipped and white in the face . |
| 13 | After I had recovered from the anaesthetic the house officer came to tell me that while I had been anaesthetised the senior registrar had in fact examined me internally . |
| 14 | Asked by his doctor if he had recovered from flu , he said that he was fine but one of the clocks was going badly , and would the doctor come and have a look at it as soon as it was possible . |
| 15 | It is more likely that by mid May contemporaries had recovered from any anxieties prompted by the seizure of the prince and were prepared to accept Gloucester 's protectorship at face value . |
| 16 | The appendix does not have any function in man ( i.e. it is a vestigial organ ) and therefore its removal would make no difference to Julie 's normal activities once she had recovered from the operation itself . |
| 17 | As far as I could tell Frank had recovered from the breakdown we witnessed in late 1986 and , despite the months alone and the awful beatings he 'd received in the Pigsty , he still had a great sense of humour and told us hysterical episodes from his life , many of them against himself . |
| 18 | Blanche and Dexter knew Mills had recovered from his deep financial difficulties the year before and the accountant had at last discovered how : substantial payments had been paid into Mills ' Swiss bank account in the months leading up to his death . |
| 19 | When he had recovered from his embarrassment , Alexei 's father had freed her — on the grounds that it was improper for a woman to be bought and sold like merchandise — and with Mei Ling 's consent had opted to marry her . |
| 20 | Salaquin Mandru sent word that he wanted to see his new Ixmaritian vibrancer a week or so after Lucien had recovered from his fever . |
| 21 | Mona had recovered from whatever embarrassment she had felt at the Eliot knife becoming common knowledge , and said crisply : ‘ I ca n't believe that 's true about Pascoe , Alex . ’ |
| 22 | She could only hope that when he had recovered from jet lag he would have second thoughts and leave Garry to go his own way . |
| 23 | Viola Machin , clearly , had recovered from the shocks of last night . |
| 24 | When I had recovered from my immediate repugnance , I had to concede he was merely correct . |
| 25 | Rob 's friends were a lively , uninhibited crowd , and by the time Richard returned the party atmosphere was palpable , and Merrill had recovered from the disquiet provoked by her encounter with Luke . |
| 26 | Since everyone had recovered from their outing in the bar the previous night , Kevin Sinclair and Phil Gore braved the terrors of claustrophobia and , straws pushed firmly into their noses , allowed ‘ life masks ’ to be made of their faces . |
| 27 | As soon as she had recovered from the months of Rhoda 's illness , and come to terms with her death , and adjusted to the sudden change in her circumstances , she would do something about it . |
| 28 | If my father could look down on our proceedings , once he had recovered from his astonishment at who was speaking , he would be even more surprised by the political symmetry between the two debates . |
| 29 | However , Cheltenham told a different story and after Party Politics had recovered from his exertions he was given the most drastic wind operation of all , when a tube was inserted into his windpipe . |
| 30 | Economic growth had recovered from a negative rate in 1988 to an average of 8 per cent during 1989-91 , and inflation declined sharply from 75 per cent in 1989 to about 10 per cent in 1991 . |