On-the-bench Sentence Examples

I spent two years on the bench and never played a down until the last game of my jun­ior year.

He was one of those guys who drank beer all night, smoked Camels and never practiced while I broke my butt and sat on the bench.

She changed, left her folded clothing on the bench outside the locker, and slammed the locker closed.

She bit her lower lip and settled down on the bench.

Braxfield, on the Clyde, gave the title of Lord Braxfield to Robert Macqueen (1722-1799), who was born in the mansion and acquired on the bench the character of the Scottish Jeffreys.

During the campaign many prominent labour leaders opposed the election of Mr Taft, on the ground that his decisions while on the bench had been unfriendly to organized labour.

Being unsuccessful, Conkling took up the practice of law in New York city, again declining, in 1882, a place on the bench of the Supreme Court, and appeared in a number of important cases.

He served one term, in 1858, in the state House of Representatives, and in 1859 declined an appointment to a seat on the bench of the state supreme court.

The bishop's bailiff (schout), with his nominated assessors (scabini), continued to exercise jurisdiction, but members of the Raad sat on the bench with him, and an appeal lay from his court to the Raad itself.

The preliminary examination is conducted by a judge, who does not sit on the bench at the trial.

The subordinate courts throughout India are almost entirely manned by native judges, who sit also on the bench in each of the High Courts.

In response, Calhoun extended to him a most hearty welcome, and assigned him to a place on the bench of the penitents.

Sir Alexander Fitton, a man convicted of forgery, became chancellor, and but three Protestant judges were left on the bench.

At the age of twenty-two he became the editor of the Conservative Courrier de St Hyacinthe, and in this journal supported the policy of the Sicotte administration, which then represented the interests of Quebec, under the Act of Union (1840); but when Sicotte accepted a seat on the bench Mercier joined the Opposition, and contributed largely to the defeat of the Ministerial candidate.

Blakemore and Southgate are without doubt the club's best two strikers and to have them both on the bench almost backfired.

Jim had said he had set the carbs up on the bench and apart from the idle speed they wouldn't need any adjustment.

Brian Deane could make a surprise comeback on the bench.

No sooner had their carded prop returned, their long serving open side flanker, Hedley Verity, took his place on the bench.

Tired legs, a sore groin and weary calves kept him on the bench also for Wolves draw with Sheff Utd.

One sees the pair reunited on the bench where they first " met ", tattered and beaten from the movie's events.

Luis Aragones opted to use an attacking triumvirate of Torres, Villa and Liverpool's Luis Garcia with Raul on the bench.

His radical Federalism, however, led him to continue active in politics, and he took advantage of every opportunity, on the bench and off, to promote the cause of his party.

At the bar Wedderburn was the most elegant speaker of his time, and, although his knowledge of the principles and precedents of law was deficient, his skill in marshalling facts and his clearness of diction were marvellous; on the bench his judgments were remarkable for their perspicuity, particularly in the appeal cases to the House of Lords.

At length, as I leaned with my elbow on the bench one day, it ran up my clothes, and along my sleeve, and round and round the paper which held my dinner, while I kept the latter close, and dodged and played at bopeep with it; and when at last I held still a piece of cheese between my thumb and finger, it came and nibbled it, sitting in my hand, and afterward cleaned its face and paws, like a fly, and walked away.

He stopped in the village at the priest's house in front of which stood the commander-in-chief's carriage, and he sat down on the bench at the gate awaiting his Serene Highness, as everyone now called Kutuzov.

Bolkonski made room for him on the bench and the lieutenant colonel sat down beside him.

He sighed and pressed on the bench with both hands to raise himself.

Natasha, pale, with a fixed look, was sitting on the bench under the icons just where she had sat down on arriving and paid no attention to her father's words.

One sees the pair reunited on the bench where they first " met ", tattered and beaten from the movie 's events.

A family law judge in London invited him to sit on the bench for a day there.

It says it all when Viduka is now coming off when we dont even have a striker on the bench.

When our fullbacks get themselves together I expect Carvalho to throw tantrums on the bench.

Luis Aragones opted to use an attacking triumvirate of Torres, Villa and Liverpool 's Luis Garcia with Raul on the bench.

He might be the player on the bench who cheers on the other players to victory and keeps up team morale.

For weight training, you place it behind your head/back to avoid leaving the sweaty outline of your head and shoulders on the bench.

The latter injury takes a very long time to heal and will easily have you on the bench for a cheer season.

Lie back on the bench with your arms out to your sides, palms up and elbows slightly bent.

Plant your feet on the floor while lying on the bench on your back.

Either lock your feet on the bench brace or have someone hold your legs.

Lie face down on the bench with the padded lever behind your ankles.

The other arm should be locked at the elbow on the bench so it will support the weight of your upper body.

Raise yourself up by pushing your hands on the bench.

Blowing a knee or shoulder joint effectively puts you on the bench for weeks or months, derailing your whole effort.

Retail price for these benches runs from $50 to about $200 depending on the bench.

With your hands by your sides on the edge of the bench, firmly push down on the bench and straighten your arms.

Keep your abs tight as you lower, and then lift back up to a seated position on the bench.

Bend forward at the waist and place your left hand in front of your knee on the bench for support.

Place your left knee on a bench, and bend over to place your left hand on the bench in front of your knee.

She shifted her body to face him, but he moved to her side and sat on the bench a safe distance from her.

She had put her sketchbook down on the bench.

Xander sat on the bench until he regained his temper.