I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a chair leg/arm/back/seat
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The chair leg has broken.
a seat in parliament (= a position as member of parliament )
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If Morgan resigns his seat in Parliament, there will be a bye-election.
aisle seat (= seat next to the aisle )
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Would you like a window seat or an aisle seat ?
back seat
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Finally, Bryant decided to take a back seat and let his son run the company.
book a seat
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She booked me a seat on the 9 am flight.
booster seat
bucket seat
car seat
catbird seat
child seat
country seat
ejector seat
first-class passenger/seat/compartment etc
front seat/row
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We got there an hour early in order to get seats in the front row.
have a seat on the board
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He gave up his seat on the board after 40 years' service.
love seat
passenger seat
reclining seat/chair
resign your seat (= announce that you will no longer be a member of a parliament, be on a committee etc )
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A majority of voters think he should resign his seat in Congress.
seat belt
seating capacity (= how many seats there are in a theatre, hall etc )
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The largest hall in the university has a seating capacity of over 1,500.
seating/sleeping arrangements (= plans for where people will sit/sleep )
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What are the seating arrangements for dinner?
take a seat (= sit down )
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Please take a seat .
the toilet seat
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He always left the toilet seat up.
wear a seat belt (= have it around yourself )
window seat
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
back
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In the back seat a thin face stared ahead.
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LoEshe, who was sitting in the back seat , was shot in the head.
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In the back seats , Angus and Sawney.
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Hector sits in the back seat of the front row, nearest the door.
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Get him in the back seat .
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It was also a year when investment bankers took a back seat .
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One of Thorpey's boys was helping the boyo I'd given the forearm to into the back seat .
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He reeled away as Barnabas was dragged into the back seat and muzzled.
driving
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What in the world would the company be like in a few years' time if such people were in the driving seat ?
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Back in the driving seat for the first time in 40 years the memories came flooding back.
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Once Smith's penalty goal had cut the Cambridge lead to two points Oxford appeared to be in the driving seat .
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Then she tried to heave herself up on to the driving seat but couldn't manage without Dad's help.
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Voice over Paul sells the Mini driving seats for around five hundred pounds.
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Bullock found himself in the driving seat after Davies was forced to play sideways out of a ditch.
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Kev sat with eyes closed in the driving seat .
empty
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If you are going to reach people through the media, never have many empty seats .
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They were sitting in the front row, talking to each other over two empty seats .
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The many empty seats in the chamber attested to the opposition the proposals will receive as they are debated in coming weeks.
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First off, there were a good number of empty seats .
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The questioner should move to an empty seat as far away as possible.
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Primo waves his hand at his own reflection and that of the empty seat on the opposite side of the aisle.
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Her bêtenoire eased his long frame into the empty seat across the aisle.
front
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But the man who got into the front seat was Keith Hanger, an escaped prisoner wanted in connection with a murder.
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Helen and Mona and Callie bobbed on the springy front seat with Ralph.
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A few minutes later she slumped back into the front seat of the Granada.
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Head restraints have been required in the front seats of cars since 1969.
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The bloke who'd wanted to get on with it started to climb out of the front seat .
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He gets into the front seat without asking me.
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For front or rear seat use.
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The passenger in the front seat opened fire, he said, hitting the men.
hot
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City player-manager Peter Reid, still a rookie in the hot seat , has done a fine job since replacing Howard Kendall.
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Wilkinson and Manion will be in the hot seat .
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He was in the hot seat for more than three hours.
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There are as many as five coaches currently on the hot seat .
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The hot car seats stung the children's bare legs and made them cry out in protest.
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Because there is no way I would want to be on the hot seat Smith now finds himself.
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Tips Always address the person in the hot seat by the name of the character you have chosen.
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That mix-up was just one of several election problems that put then-Registrar of Voters Germaine Wong on the hot seat .
marginal
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In Cambridge, there was a campaign to persuade students to register in the city, which was a marginal Conservative seat .
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One of the country's two most marginal seats , Brecon and Radnor, also declares today.
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The Prime Minister rounded off his campaign by visiting two Tory marginal seats in south London.
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Mr Devlin's constituency was a marginal seat before Parliament was dissolved last week, having a majority of 774.
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I won a marginal seat and have held it on five successive occasions.
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In the 1979 and 1983 elections there were examples of locally popular candidates holding their marginal seats against the national swing.
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Yet London contains around 25 Labour-winnable marginal seats .
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But it produced critical evidence about how different designs of tax would hit marginal seats and heartland Tory ones.
parliamentary
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In 1942 she married James Hoy who gained the Leith parliamentary seat for Labour in the 1945 general election.
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He subsequently fought and held his parliamentary seat against his former party.
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Shevardnadze was expected to set about forming a coalition among some of the 36 parties which had contested parliamentary seats .
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Hannington unsuccessfully contested parliamentary seats in 1929, 1931, 1934, and 1950.
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The Alliance were briefly the controlling party in local government and just missed taking the Parliamentary seat at the 1987 election.
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As events were to demonstrate, eleven parliamentary seats or a difference of twenty-two votes in a parliamentary division were at stake.
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Election results Mahathir's coalition won 127 parliamentary seats , thereby securing its two-thirds majority.
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The socialists looked set to lose 200 or more of their 270 parliamentary seats .
rear
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The rear end of the console can be detached in order to transform the two individual rear seats into a bench accommodating three.
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There were eight empty liquor cartons tilted and wedged across the rear seat .
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He climbed into the rear seat of the ford.
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Aide Julie Hart noted that most safety experts have said children usually are safer in the rear seat in a crash.
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Headroom isn't such a problem, though, and actual rear seat comfort is very good.
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The 60-40 split fold-down rear seats afford the owner even more useful cargo room.
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It is easily lifted out from front or rear seat belts.
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He rode with Kirilenko in the rear seat of a black Volga.
safe
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But, as it was, he could expect to be made Solicitor-General and found a safe seat .
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The already safe seat at Wandsworth was divided in 1918 into five safe seats.
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He has not been included on the shortlist of 18 hopefuls for this supposedly safe Tory seat .
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The already safe seat at Wandsworth was divided in 1918 into five safe seats.
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It went down a treat with the matrons in safe seats like South-west Surrey.
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Given that most seats are safe seats for one party or another, this selection is usually tantamount to election.
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It will increase citizens' control over their elected representatives, by abolishing safe seats .
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I shall be in London, and my vote is in Taunton, a safe Tory seat .
vacant
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His vacant seat on the panel was filled, naturally enough, by William Harrison.
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She pointed to a vacant seat which was at the end of a row near the gangway.
■ NOUN
belt
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The sign comes on and Paul does up John's seat belt .
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Basu tried to stop them, her arm entangled in the seat belt .
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They can be secured by an adult lap and diagonal seat belt or a child harness.
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Pat got into the car, buckled the seat belt , folded her arms tight to her chest.
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Despite the fact he was wearing his seat belt he was hurled forward.
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And, she does not force her children to wear seat belts .
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In the short term the effect of the new seat belt legislation will be closely monitored.
bucket
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These are the colours of lines on Beck's map and also sometimes of station trims and new station bucket seats .
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Sherman and Maria are sitting in their tan leather bucket seats staring right at them.
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Even multimillionaires don't like getting blood all over their soft, beige leather bucket seats .
car
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Ensure you use the correct fitting kit for your make and model of car seat .
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When it came time to get a car seat , I looked up that category.
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The hot car seats stung the children's bare legs and made them cry out in protest.
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Officers found used hypodermic needles in a trailer in the backyard next to an infant car seat .
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Some baby seats can be converted into car seats for older children.
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Miguel told him, picking a spot opposite the car seat for the desk.
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Boots have stopped selling car seats but say they will offer further information to people who've bought the Rainbow seat.
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He thought about hiding it in the car seat , but Firebug was always moving the thing around.
love
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Helen bought her love seat , a sky blue velveteen fold-out, and also her bridge table.
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With mock surprise, he settled into the love seat , draping his arms along its top.
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And maybe a love seat too, that folded out to a bed, in case anyone wanted to stay.
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But he has no plans to replace the sofa and love seat Roberts left behind.
passenger
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They sat side by side in the double passenger seat , watching me as I approached.
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I got out of the passenger seat and turned to tell the driver she might as well go back to the airport.
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The compartment under the passenger seat in the front, right?
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His car was released to his fiancee, who was riding in the passenger seat and was sober, Ditzenberger said.
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As she did so she noticed a second man, who peered with interest from the passenger seat of the utility.
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Sarna said Miller was riding in the car when the driver lost control and crashed, throwing Miller from the passenger seat .
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Curtis settled himself behind the wheel and laid the empty can on the passenger seat .
ringside
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Meg had a ringside seat to research her latest role as a tough boxing coach.
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They were given ringside seats because of their devotion to Keiko.
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It was the first advertised air tour and the price included a ringside seat and hotel accommodation.
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You've got a ringside seat .
senate
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For the 100 Senate seats , there were 47 two-member counties and three members each for Warsaw and Katowice counties.
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Some 78 individuals presented their nomination papers for the presidency, 18 for the vice-presidency, and 265 for 24 Senate seats .
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He tried to shake up the race by resigning his Senate seat and shedding his tie.
window
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He paused by the window seat , a replica of one he had noticed at the other end of the gallery.
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They supply fresh insights, infuse you with energy and give up the window seat without complaint.
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Breathlessly she flung herself down on the window seat .
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Paul offers Bill the window seat .
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Clarisa passed him over to me at the window seat so she could pull out a change of clothes.
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Cara sat on a deep window seat , Laura beside her.
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Marge sat down on the window seat , and tucked her hair into the bandanna.
■ VERB
fill
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People began filling up the empty seats .
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San Marcos then held a special election to fill the open seat , for which Thibadeau campaigned and lost.
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He filled 80, 000 seats in a soccer stadium.
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These bargains are designed to fill airline seats or hotel rooms that would otherwise sit empty.
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And he knew he was the only one of them who could truly justify filling that empty seat .
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The Conservative margin is expected to be reduced to one after two upcoming elections are held to fill vacated seats .
gain
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In 1942 she married James Hoy who gained the Leith parliamentary seat for Labour in the 1945 general election.
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Since Sanders generally votes Democratic, the Democrats need to gain an additional 20 seats to win control of the House.
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Labour had gained over 130 seats , and for the first time in history it was the strongest party in the state.
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The winner would gain a seat on the City Council and would automatically be named mayor.
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The next grouping in this hastily cooked-up Assembly gained only 13 seats .
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Republicans gained two seats in the Senate and now enjoy a 55-45 majority in the Senate.
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Labour scored its biggest successes in London, where it gained a dozen seats on an above-average swing of 3.4 percent.
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Labour gained one seat but lost two in the by-election following appointment of aldermen.
hold
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Many councils are controlled by their political opponents, even in areas where Conservatives hold parliamentary seats with quite large majorities.
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The group of smaller Catholic parties allied with Berlusconi hold 34 seats .
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He subsequently fought and held his parliamentary seat against his former party.
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Republicans, at the moment, hold 41 seats while Democrats have 37.
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He was returned for Aldershot in 1970 and held the seat until 1997, when he did not seek re-election.
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The next largest party holds only 55 seats .
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Mr McLaughlin believes SinnFein will hold the seat in the by-election, which is likely to be held on Thursday October 21.
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Fini was the most determined opponent of Dini during his government, and his party holds 106 seats .
lose
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Despite losing the seat he has held for nine years Mr Lee managed to increase the Tory vote.
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While Brown lost eight seats in a heavily Republican year, Lockyer only lost one.
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Khan lost his seat in the 1991 elections, when a Hindu revivalist wave swept his constituency.
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If Republicans lose 21 seats , the Democrats will regain control of the House.
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Mr Patten lost his seat of Bath despite being the architect of Mr Major's 21-seat majority.
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They say the Tories are still looking for some one to blame for losing the seat .
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Second-term presidents historically lose their luster and energy by year six, and their party loses seats in Congress.
reserve
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Seat Reservations On all TransPennine services you are advised to reserve your seat in advance to ensure a comfortable journey.
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The Fat Controller had reserved good seats at the front of the stalls.
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It asked us to reserve our seats as soon as possible for this famous work by Shakespeare.
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But none of you has any choice because you all have reserved seats .
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Each day her youngsters have to reserve a seat at the table and no prior reservation means no meal.
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I must say it was an awful lot of rot, although we had reserved seats ....
resign
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On the defensive, Dole resigned his Kansas Senate seat on June 11.
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He tried to shake up the race by resigning his Senate seat and shedding his tie.
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He intended to resign his seat if he won the election.
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Garcia resigned his seat in January 1990, shortly before the two were sentenced to three years' imprisonment.
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Vice chairman Alan Noble resigned his seat on the board because of business commitments, but that wasn't the last of him.
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He resigned his South Dorset seat at the 1987 general election.
resume
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To escape it he pushed Iron Josh back into his chair and resumed his own seat .
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Madame Olenska rose, wound it up and returned to the fire, but without resuming her seat .
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They resumed their seats and Owen slipped away into a tide of music and colour.
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Winnie resumed her seat and her knitting.
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By the time Michele returned and resumed his seat she was sipping her wine, her plate almost empty.
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If your opponent interrupts you, resume your seat while he is speaking.
sit
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Compare the statement that he sat in a seat iii the circle.
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Grunt Six and the other captain sat on the bench seat facing forward.
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Jean sat back in her seat feeling numb and sad.
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I sat in my seat watching little white spots drift in front of me.
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The chief innovation however, were the 32 passengers who sat along wooden seats at each side.
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Williams just sat in his seat behind him, glaring.
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With another wistful sigh she sat back in her seat .
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She sat in the same seat during the summer when she was in his Level Two class.
take
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That her family had taken a back seat in her life.
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On Jan. 24 it was reported that 28 members of the Interim Legislative Assembly had taken their seats .
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The young man took the seat behind the cold metal desk and began to fire questions at me.
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He asked me to take a seat and listen to some music he would put on.
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The Labor Party, led by Shimon Peres, took 44 seats .
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But she didn't want to take a seat .
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I took the seat across from them in the booth.
win
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The separatists had won no seats at the last elections, in 1986.
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But in 1986 he won a seat in the House, and in 1994 was elected to the Senate.
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They lay Labour 4-7 to win most seats , Graham Robb's stable 5-4.
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The party won no seats in 1990, but regained forty-nine seats in 1994.
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In 1929 he won his Woodvale seat which he held until his death in 1949.
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NOWsupported candidates won several of those seats .
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The parliament was formed for those who won seats in the 1990 general election.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
back seat driver
be (sitting) in the catbird seat
be seated
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Helen was more than pleased to be seated beside Chris. She'd always wanted to meet him.
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Jan was seated near the door.
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John was seated on my left.
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Please be seated so we can start the meeting.
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The meal cannot start until everyone is seated .
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Example 3: Four girls were seated round a table, each writing individually.
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Once she was seated , he put his arms around her, cradling her fair head against his chest.
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Once the men are seated in the living room off the inside patio, they try to lure the children into conversation.
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She bade Demeter be seated and herself offered her honey-sweet wine, but the goddess would not taste it.
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She was seated on the Woolpack which was tied like a saddle to her Grey Horse.
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The other night, Deena was seated at a well-known, busy place near the Potomac River.
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They were seated on the far side, some in chairs, some leaning on the desk.
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To / two / too: There were two too many to be seated , too.
fly by the seat of your pants
get/put bums on seats
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When you can put bums on seats, then you can come and tell me what flights you want to travel on.
in the hot seat
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City player-manager Peter Reid, still a rookie in the hot seat, has done a fine job since replacing Howard Kendall.
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He was in the hot seat for more than three hours.
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Put them in the hot seat and question then to find out.
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This will help the person in the hot seat to become more relaxed and confident in the role of the character.
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Tips Always address the person in the hot seat by the name of the character you have chosen.
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We can put Ant in the hot seat to find out.
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Wilkinson and Manion will be in the hot seat.
marginal seat/constituency
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Another factor not taken into account before the election was the number of expatriate Tory voters registered in marginal constituencies.
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Hand in hand with this measure goes an equally bold re-focusing of Labour's strategy concerning marginal constituencies.
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In the 1979 and 1983 elections there were examples of locally popular candidates holding their marginal seats against the national swing.
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Mr Devlin's constituency was a marginal seat before Parliament was dissolved last week, having a majority of 774.
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One of the country's two most marginal seats, Brecon and Radnor, also declares today.
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She said Darlington had been chosen because it was a marginal constituency.
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The Prime Minister rounded off his campaign by visiting two Tory marginal seats in south London.
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There is a core vote-a traditional solid Labour support-in every constituency in the land, including marginal seats.
on the edge of your seat
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The movie's last scenes kept us on the edge of our seats.
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Chesarynth perched on the edge of her seat, fearing a poisoned needle in the cushions.
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From the moment he took the rostrum, Gergiev had his musicians tensely perched on the edge of their seats.
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He was waiting for her answer, not exactly on the edge of his seat, though.
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This dramatic opening had me on the edge of my seat!
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This keeps you on the edge of your seat.
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We're on the edge of our seats.
orchestra section/seats
resume your seat/place/position
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Will the delegates please resume their seats?
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By the time Michele returned and resumed his seat she was sipping her wine, her plate almost empty.
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If your opponent interrupts you, resume your seat while he is speaking.
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Madame Olenska rose, wound it up and returned to the fire, but without resuming her seat.
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Mr Scott resumed his place, a look of quiet satisfaction on his face.
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They resumed their seats and Owen slipped away into a tide of music and colour.
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Winnie resumed her seat and her knitting.
ringside seat
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It was the first advertised air tour and the price included a ringside seat and hotel accommodation.
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Meg had a ringside seat to research her latest role as a tough boxing coach.
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They were given ringside seats because of their devotion to Keiko.
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You've got a ringside seat.
take a back seat
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Women have often been forced to take a back seat in society.
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And very generally, the interests of lenders in New York take a back seat to the interests of the corporate borrowers.
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But when they were introduced, everything upstairs had to take a back seat.
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He notes, however, that economic considerations are taking a back seat to budget negotiations.
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If you can't agree to disagree, then take a back seat and let others have their way on this occasion.
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It was also a year when investment bankers took a back seat.
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Many feel reluctant to take a back seat and allow their children to enjoy the special attractiveness of the teens and twenties.
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Mr Peters has now taken a back seat.
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That her family had taken a back seat in her life.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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'Slow down!' yelled Ben from the back seat .
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a seat on the board of directors
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a chair with a broken seat
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comfortable padded theater seats
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He leaned back in his seat and lit a cigarette.
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Our seats were right at the front of the airplane.
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Republicans hold 235 of the 435 seats in the House.
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There are two seats left in the back row.
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There was blood and broken glass all over the front seats.
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When we arrived, every seat was filled, so we stood at the back.
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Who left the toilet seat up?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Communists catapulted from 45 to 157 seats in the 450-seat Duma to dominate a fractious chamber divided by eight political parties.
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Forza Italia has 110 seats, and Berlusconi has frequently changed his mind about whether Dini should stay in office.
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He believes they will win in the new town areas where they already have the local council seats sewn up.
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His left arm was jammed tight against the side of the seat .
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It was also a year when investment bankers took a back seat .
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Richard Corish held a seat in Wexford from 1921 until his death in 1945.
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There were three seats in our region, the Southeast.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
back
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The Captain was seated with his back to the door.
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Hansel seats himself on its back and asks his sister to join him.
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He could just see his Mercedes with Dillon seated in the back .
car
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The original cars seated 69, but the new one seated only 64.
chair
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When he had settled her, gently and with professional competence, he seated himself in the chair opposite.
desk
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She seated herself at the desk , relocated a floral display and smiled as the first patient walked into the room.
man
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Built in 1871, and extended in 1880, the Mess Room in its final form could seat some 2,000 men .
people
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A polished mahogany table, big enough to seat twenty people , ran down the middle of it.
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The restaurant seats 24, with three expansive rectangular marble tables each seating eight people .
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It was used for plays and mimes and seated about 5000 people .
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There was seating for hundreds of people , possibly thousands.
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Zeppelin may later produce a larger ship seating 40 people .
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Large dining space to seat 24 people .
room
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The Webster Room , which can seat around 60, is used for art exhibitions, talks, seminars and group meetings.
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The house has plenty of large rooms and places to seat a sizable banquet party.
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Beyond that was the locked door, and beyond that a small handsome dining room to seat eight.
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Quiet classical music wafts through the room , which can seat about 40 at an assortment of tables for two and four.
table
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It was full of long tables that seated from six and eight to a dozen or more.
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They dream of a great castle called Camelot and a round table that could seat 150 knights.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
back seat driver
be (sitting) in the catbird seat
be seated
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Helen was more than pleased to be seated beside Chris. She'd always wanted to meet him.
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Jan was seated near the door.
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John was seated on my left.
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Please be seated so we can start the meeting.
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The meal cannot start until everyone is seated .
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Example 3: Four girls were seated round a table, each writing individually.
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Once she was seated , he put his arms around her, cradling her fair head against his chest.
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Once the men are seated in the living room off the inside patio, they try to lure the children into conversation.
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She bade Demeter be seated and herself offered her honey-sweet wine, but the goddess would not taste it.
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She was seated on the Woolpack which was tied like a saddle to her Grey Horse.
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The other night, Deena was seated at a well-known, busy place near the Potomac River.
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They were seated on the far side, some in chairs, some leaning on the desk.
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To / two / too: There were two too many to be seated , too.
get/put bums on seats
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When you can put bums on seats, then you can come and tell me what flights you want to travel on.
in the hot seat
▪
City player-manager Peter Reid, still a rookie in the hot seat, has done a fine job since replacing Howard Kendall.
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He was in the hot seat for more than three hours.
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Put them in the hot seat and question then to find out.
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This will help the person in the hot seat to become more relaxed and confident in the role of the character.
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Tips Always address the person in the hot seat by the name of the character you have chosen.
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We can put Ant in the hot seat to find out.
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Wilkinson and Manion will be in the hot seat.
marginal seat/constituency
▪
Another factor not taken into account before the election was the number of expatriate Tory voters registered in marginal constituencies.
▪
Hand in hand with this measure goes an equally bold re-focusing of Labour's strategy concerning marginal constituencies.
▪
In the 1979 and 1983 elections there were examples of locally popular candidates holding their marginal seats against the national swing.
▪
Mr Devlin's constituency was a marginal seat before Parliament was dissolved last week, having a majority of 774.
▪
One of the country's two most marginal seats, Brecon and Radnor, also declares today.
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She said Darlington had been chosen because it was a marginal constituency.
▪
The Prime Minister rounded off his campaign by visiting two Tory marginal seats in south London.
▪
There is a core vote-a traditional solid Labour support-in every constituency in the land, including marginal seats.
on the edge of your seat
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The movie's last scenes kept us on the edge of our seats.
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Chesarynth perched on the edge of her seat, fearing a poisoned needle in the cushions.
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From the moment he took the rostrum, Gergiev had his musicians tensely perched on the edge of their seats.
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He was waiting for her answer, not exactly on the edge of his seat, though.
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This dramatic opening had me on the edge of my seat!
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This keeps you on the edge of your seat.
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We're on the edge of our seats.
orchestra section/seats
ringside seat
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It was the first advertised air tour and the price included a ringside seat and hotel accommodation.
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Meg had a ringside seat to research her latest role as a tough boxing coach.
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They were given ringside seats because of their devotion to Keiko.
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You've got a ringside seat.
take a back seat
▪
Women have often been forced to take a back seat in society.
▪
And very generally, the interests of lenders in New York take a back seat to the interests of the corporate borrowers.
▪
But when they were introduced, everything upstairs had to take a back seat.
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He notes, however, that economic considerations are taking a back seat to budget negotiations.
▪
If you can't agree to disagree, then take a back seat and let others have their way on this occasion.
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It was also a year when investment bankers took a back seat.
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Many feel reluctant to take a back seat and allow their children to enjoy the special attractiveness of the teens and twenties.
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Mr Peters has now taken a back seat.
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That her family had taken a back seat in her life.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The arena seats 30,000.
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The auditorium seats 500 people.
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The Boeing 747 seats 400-425 passengers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After she seated herself at our table, other writers came by and, pulling chairs over, sat down.
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North Carolina Motor Speedway seated 48,000 until it was expanded to about 60,000 seats in 1998.
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Parents are encouraged to ensure that the child is seated safely and comfortably.
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She seated herself at the desk, relocated a floral display and smiled as the first patient walked into the room.
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The Captain was seated with his back to the door.
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There were reports of fans waiting in line as early as 6 a. m. Saturday to inquire about season seats.