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Example sentences for "could recover"

  • As I was thus walking on, I felt my foot sink into the earth, and before I could recover myself I fell flat on my face.

  • It had the effect of knocking it over; and before it could recover itself, I dealt it another blow on the tail.

  • At this moment, and before I could recover from my surprise at the tenderness of some parents, Frederick Lamb, who was almost my shadow, joined us.

  • This is most unmanly conduct," said I, as soon as I could recover my breath.

  • Before he could recover himself, or Guapo climb out of the pit, a loud plunge in the water announced that the animal had escaped to an element where it might defy their pursuit.

  • Before he could recover himself, the surface again heaved up, and a loud report was heard, like the explosion of some terrible engine.

  • Before it could recover itself it was once more in the beak of the serpent-eater, and trailing through the air.

  • The result was that one savage threw himself down before the prisoner, who fell headlong, and before he could recover, half a dozen of the blacks were sitting upon him.

  • Before I could recover myself a pair of strong arms closed round mine and bound them to my sides.

  • Illustration: Before I could recover myself a pair of strong arms closed round mine and bound them to my sides.

  • The young man from the east was partly stunned, and it was several seconds before he could recover sufficiently to disengage his foot and arise from his dangerous position.

  • I've had an awful experience, Ike," replied the young ranchman as soon as he could recover sufficiently to speak.

  • There must be a mistake somewhar," he said, slowly, as soon as he could recover.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    could afford; could assume; could climb; could devise; could ever; could finde; could gain; could haue; could help; could imagine; could keep; could not bring myself; could not have been; could obtain; could only; could possibly; could rise; could sing; could sleep; could stand; could tell; could you; organic life; other citizens; poor creature; pretty considerable