Bess sat in the rear pew, eyes closed in supplication.

Father Maguire shook his head as he watched the man in the rear pew.

I slipped into a rear pew, took a small black book from the rack, and found the place.

When Bradfield village lost its church hall in 1987, the rear pews of the church were removed to provide a meeting place and kitchen.

On a recent morning, the sun streamed through the east windows as a lone worshiper knelt in a rear pew.

He slipped into a rear pew and stared solemnly toward the cobalt-60 cube on the altar.

It seemed to consist mostly of his own pupils, with just one or two members of the public seated in the rear pews'.

I sat in a rear pew and tried to think.

An elderly woman came in, seated herself in a rear pew and clasped her hands in prayer.

Here, in the corner of the rear pew at the side, she was almost invisible in the dim half-light permitted by the narrow stained-glass windows.