The hostages cowered in their seats.

这些人质蜷缩在其座位上。

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She ushered her guests to their seats.

她把客人引领到座位上。

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At that time there were laws in the South that required blacks to give their seats on buses to whites.

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We have pictures of gods and kings seated on these seats, the sides of which are these giant winged cherubim, and then their feet rest on a footstool.

有神和国王坐在这种宝座上的照片，那座位的两侧就是这些巨大的有翼天使，而他们的脚就放在一个脚凳上。

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However,black people sitting in that part of the bus were expected to leave their seats if a white person wanted to sit there.

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The number of passengers who took vouchers to voluntarily give up their seats was up 15%.

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Six members of the Tory group held on to their seats in South Staffordshire.

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In the library, a few of the kids had started to lean forward in their seats.

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