Example sentences of "recover from a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A stronger second half when turnover was up 12% helped the group recover from a disappointing performance in the first six months , said chairman James Millar . |
| 2 | Graeme Souness 's men must recover from a 4–2 first-leg Cup Winners ' Cup defeat against Russian champions Spartak Moscow in front of a sell-out 38,000 Anfield crowd . |
| 3 | Instead of planning to have a stable foothold at each step , you recover from a bad step with the next one you take . |
| 4 | And three-times 1930s champion Perry , in a letter from the American hospital bed where he is recovering from a triple heart bypass operation , added : ‘ To the youngsters who will use this centre , I say , use it with pride . |
| 5 | We sat in our little flat recovering from a good dip in the briny channel and slowly eating some of the delicacy . |
| 6 | Norma Jones , left , wanted a change of image to cheer her up after recovering from a nasty injury . |
| 7 | His swollen upper lip felt enormous and stiff , as though he were recovering from a dental injection . |
| 8 | This was vintage Glenavon , recovering from a rocky start to take apart a team who had built up a fearsome reputation in a 26-match unbeaten run locally . |
| 9 | This was vintage Glenavon , recovering from a rocky start to take apart a team who had built up a fearsome reputation in a 26-match unbeaten run locally . |
| 10 | There 's a mid-day snack service , while late afternoon tea and cakes seem essential refreshment to salt encrusted dinghy sailors recovering from a hairy sail . |
| 11 | England are still awaiting news on another back-row man with shoulder problems — Leicester 's No. 8 , Dean Richards , who will not be making this weekend 's away day to Orrell , whose coach , Des Seabrook , is in hospital recovering from a mild heart attack . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Mr Honecker , 77 and still recovering from a gall-bladder operation , has so far flatly rejected all notions of change . |
| 14 | I thought , lying in hospital recovering from a major operation , surveying the glossy cover of SHE . |
| 15 | The resilient 11-times champion jockey remains under intensive care in a Miami hospital , recovering from a fractured collar-bone and two broken ribs sustained in a terrible mid-race fall on Saturday . |
| 16 | At first , especially when she divulged that she was recovering from a nervous breakdown , I assumed that she merely desired a consoling chat with her sister 's old tutor . ’ |
| 17 | A husky laugh and he runs off to try out the gag on a wheel-chaired pallid little pal , recovering from a recent kidney transplant . |
| 18 | This may involve raising money , donating time or possibly recovering from a serious illness to compete in a race for charity . |
| 19 | I also regret to say that our chairman , Mrs Dorothea Garnons Williams , who would I am sure have liked to attend , is recovering from a serious operation . |
| 20 | TWO-YEAR-OLD Nicola Brady was today recovering from a serious attack by a stray dog near her home town of Monaghan . |
| 21 | But she 's being encouraged in her fightback by a young rider who 's recovering from a similar fall . |
| 22 | ‘ Standing on chairs is n't to be recommended when you 're just recovering from a sprained ankle . |
| 23 | Juventus were without leading striker Roberto Baggio , recovering from a cracked rib , and England midfielder David Platt , out until the New Year after last week 's knee operation . |
| 24 | England marksman David Hirst has trained for the first time in five weeks after recovering from a cracked ankle , and is desperate to link up with Chris Waddle . |
| 25 | ‘ No , you wo n't have to , ’ I told him , ‘ my luck 's on the turn ; it 's going to be a tremendous year , though it 's true that just now one 's recovering from a few debacles . ’ |
| 26 | On May 11th he called George Bush , recovering from a wobbly heart , to sound him out . |
| 27 | Recovering from a minor op . |
| 28 | And for the biggest test of the season Town are missing three regulars Micky Hazard … is recovering from a minor knee ooperation … and with Craig Maskell still out Steve White has the task of leading the goal hunt |
| 29 | The chough , the rarest member of the crow family in Britain and Ireland , is recovering from a severe decline in numbers . |
| 30 | At the end of that period , in May 1943 , Hugh Wilson , who was in charge of the Rangoon diocese , Bishop West being in the USA recovering from a severe motor accident , agreed that we should move to Simla so that I might maintain liaison with the Burma Government-in-exile that had made its headquarters there . |