Example sentences of "lowered [pn reflx] into the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked to belong to a different generation from that of Dysart and Ockleton , his face flushed and lined beneath a mane of grey hair , his chest heaving desperately as he lowered himself into the wheelchair . |
| 2 | Henry lowered himself into the driver 's seat and stood looking out at her for a moment . |
| 3 | Then he lowered himself into the driving seat , slowly and painfully , and pulled the door shut . |
| 4 | Anxiously , they waited as Delaney 's black figure lowered itself into the fog , and was lost , bit by bit , from view , suggesting a primordial creature descending into a tropical , mist-covered swamp . |
| 5 | Bernice lowered herself into the hole . |
| 6 | But she did not answer him , only bent and lowered herself into the water , hissing as the coldness burned into the wound , a faint moan escaping through her gritted teeth as she began to wash . |
| 7 | When she lowered herself into the chair , there was a loud squelching noise similar to that made by a hippopotamus when lowering its foot into the mud on the banks of the Limpopo River . |
| 8 | ‘ You really are a darling Barney , ’ Julie laughed , as she lowered herself into the rear of the two individual cockpits and pulled the waterproof liner around her waist . |
| 9 | I gave Becky to them and lowered myself into the water . |