ADJ
- empty, spare, vacant
- There were no empty seats left in the hall. Do you have a spare seat in your car?
- comfortable, comfy
- cushioned
- bicycle, car
- back, front, rear
- I always feel sick if I sit in the back seat of the car
- driver's, driving, passenger
- baby, child, safety
- pillion
- I had a terrifying journey on the pillion seat of a Honda 750
- aisle, window
- I always ask for an aisle seat when I fly
- lavatory, toilet
- good, ringside
- I got to the theatre early to get a good seat. We had ringside seats for the boxing match
VERB + SEAT
- get, have, take
- Please take a seat. Is this seat taken?
- book, reserve
- Is it possible to book seats for the play?
- save
- Can you save me a seat if you get there first?
- occupy, sit on
- The best seats were occupied by the friends and families of the performers. It is very uncomfortable to sit on these seats
- resume
- The audience resumed their seats for the second half of the play
- give up, vacate
- He gave up his seat on the bus to a pregnant woman
- lean back in, recline in, settle back in
- settle into
- We had hardly settled into our seats when the first goal was scored
- get (up) out of
- put back, recline
PREP
- in a/the ~
- The man in the passenger seat seemed to be asleep
- on a/the ~
- I found my gloves lying on the back seat
- out of a/the ~
- He leapt out of his seat when he saw the rat
- ~ for
- I managed to get some seats for the ballet
ADJ
- congressional, parliamentary, Senate
- marginal
- safe
- Labour, Tory, etc.
VERB + SEAT
- gain, win
- lose
- He lost his seat in the last election
- keep, retain
- regain
- contest
- resign
PREP
- ~ in
- a seat in Parliament
- ~ on
- a seat on the local council