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The phrase "asked to sit back" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone being requested or instructed to relax or refrain from taking action, often in a context where they are expected to observe rather than participate.
Example: "During the presentation, the audience was asked to sit back and enjoy the show without any interruptions."
Alternatives: "requested to relax" or "instructed to take a seat".
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The subjects were asked to sit back in a reclining chair with a rolled towel used as a neck support.
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My mother told me that when he worked in Florida he was asked to sit in the back of the bus".
Senator Dick Durbin, of Illinois, said Wednesday, "Loretta Lynch, the first African-American woman nominated to be Attorney General, is asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the Senate calendar.
"And so, Loretta Lynch, the first African American woman nominated to be attorney general, is asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the Senate calendar," Durbin said.
But some of the things I've heard – I don't know if they're true – but there have been reports in some schools of girls being asked to sit at the back of a classroom.
Frustration over the Lynch delay grew so sharp that Dick Durbin, a senior Democrat in the Senate, said she had been "asked to sit in the back of the bus" – a reference to the racial segregation laws that prevailed in the American south of Lynch's childhood.
In New Mexico two men were asked to sit at the back of the bus for simply holding hands.
At the time, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin said that Lynch was being "asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the Senate calendar".
"Loretta Lynch, the first African-American woman nominated to be attorney general, is asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the Senate calendar," Durbin said.
"Loretta Lynch, the first African-American woman nominated to be attorney general, is asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the Senate calendar," said the Illinois Democrat.
Participants were asked to sit upright with their back of the hands resting on their thighs.
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