Example sentences of "lowered [pn reflx] to [art] " in BNC.

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1 Jackson lowered himself to the ground .
2 Walking to the far end of the cells passage , he lowered himself to the floor until he was sitting with his back to the wall facing the door with its broken lock hanging askew .
3 He sighed and lowered himself to the other end of the settee .
4 She grabbed the chairback , her head thick with drugged sleep , then lowered herself to the floor and sat there cross-legged .
5 With one hand clamped between her legs to avoid dropping her load , she stepped astride the wooden animal , and gingerly lowered herself to the saddle .
6 Protesting , Geoffrey moved to one side as Bridget lowered herself to the ground .
7 Her eyes met Bert 's , found no reflection there of what she was thinking — probably against her will , Alice believed ; and , so as not to meet Alice 's , lowered themselves to the business of eating one golden crisp fatty chip after another .
8 Three times they lowered themselves to the ground in response to commands chanted by the minister of rites and all the time the musicians and singers banged gongs and drums and continued their strangely discordant chanting .
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