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Meanings of green benches in English

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Usage of green benches in English
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They stopped at one of the shaded dark green benches and sat.
Small wars: a novel
2
But the square was empty, its four green benches uninhabited.
Ladder of years: a novel
3
The UUP is back on the green benches of Westminster after the Northern Ireland election.
The Irish Times
4
Once inside the stone walls, we sat down on one of the unoccupied green benches.
The lost girls: three friends. four continents. one unconvention...
5
Eugenia came up the steps and threw her books on one of the long green benches.
The Voice of the People
6
As exiles in desert lands yearn for green fields, so yearned I for those green benches.
Simon the Jester
7
Congratulating Lindsay Hoyle on his election as speaker, the prime minister surveyed the green benches around him.
The Irish Times
8
And I lays low under them green benches and wiggled through when I seen a good chancet.
Danny's Own Story
9
He saw himself at the table in the now familiar House of green benches, thundering out an Empire's salvation.
The Fortunate Youth
10
Here, one morning, sitting on one of the battered green benches, Roderick, as he had promised, told his friend everything.
Roderick Hudson
11
Fancy sitting on those green benches legislating for all eternity, with never a recess and never even a dinner hour!
Simon the Jester
12
The Tory chief whip, Julian Smith, scurried up and down the green benches, speaking urgently to groups of MPs, including Grieve.
The Guardian
13
There are real trees and little green benches, with people reading yesterday's newspaper, and grass cut into plots among the asphalt.
Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
14
BBC archives film looking back at those who will not be gracing either side of the Parliamentary green benches after the election.
BBC
15
The right side of the Hall, opposite to the green benches for the commons, was appropriated to the peeresses and peers' daughters.
The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2
16
In the midst of the blaze of red drapery, a space had been fitted up with green benches and tables for the Commons.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
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Green benches across language varieties
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