be on the bench

He wasn't on the bench for the start of the third period.

He finally took a place on the bench near his other friends.

George looked across at the still form on the bench.

So he sat on the bench and thought things over.

He spent the rest of the season on the bench.

She took a couple more, and put them on the bench also.

But he probably would have spent the season on the bench.

Which is exactly what most people will think about me if I'm on the bench, she thought.

I sat down on the hard bench in the middle.

He did return for the final game and was on the bench.