Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] beside [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their three elder girls were standing beside her and the baby , and Fantina was darting around them . |
| 2 | Two Luftwaffe officers in blue leather coats were standing beside it . |
| 3 | The stacks of plates were put beside them , and the bowls of coleslaw , potato salad and other food that did not need cooking were set in place . |
| 4 | Her upper body was secured to the table top , and her legs were swung upwards until her knees were jammed beside her ears . |
| 5 | I sat up and she was kneeling beside me , picking at herself disgustedly , trying to get rid of the fungi and moulds . |
| 6 | He was kneeling beside her now , looking into tear-stained eyes that reflected ice-blue in the torch light . |
| 7 | Lars was kneeling beside her , cradling the psychologist 's truncated left arm in his suit gauntlets . |
| 8 | Silas was kneeling beside her in an instant , his face pale as he muttered huskily , ‘ Damned rabbits — they wait till you 're almost upon them . |
| 9 | He felt the bed dip slightly under her weight , and he knew she was kneeling beside him . |
| 10 | The Frenchman 's bullet pierced the brain of the buffalo just behind its left ear , and the impact twisted its neck and threw the animal down in a swirl of dust only ten yards from where Joseph was kneeling beside his terrified mother . |
| 11 | The dark eyes swept her with a triumphant gleam as the other woman said smugly , ‘ Silas said I was to sit beside him . ’ |
| 12 | She settled herself on the carpet and the fine cotton was stacked beside her . |
| 13 | A tiny pile of dust debris was collected beside his knee , and some had stained the material of his grey trousers . |
| 14 | His daughter Jane had been born in the year they settled in Ambleside , 1800 , and had been his constant companion ; she died at 28 and was buried beside her father and brother William . |
| 15 | He had a few drinks and fell asleep and when he woke up he was in bed and Beryl was lying beside him . |
| 16 | The still form of Anna was lying beside him . |
| 17 | When I awoke around 4 a.m. , still in my boots , she was lying beside me , entombed in her woollen nightgown , and fiercely whispering , Nein . |
| 18 | And Minny said ( she was lying beside me , oh , it 's so clear ) she said , would n't it be wonderful if Piers was dumb . |
| 19 | Before I knew it , she was lying beside me in the small white tent . |
| 20 | Jean had Roberta up at her shoulder and was patting her back and Billy was lying beside his dad in the long chair . |
| 21 | ‘ Charlie had managed to kindle a little fire of dry grass and was adding twigs one by one and I was squatting beside him . |
| 22 | The door was opened beside her and she gave a nervous start . |
| 23 | The manuscript was found beside his bed , complete except for about half a dozen pages , when he died , 30 December 1948 , at Middle Orchard , Crouch , Kent . |
| 24 | Then Tom Horrocks was panting beside her . |
| 25 | His head was nodding beside her left boot . |
| 26 | When she was seated beside him Daniel 's discomfort was noticeable . |
| 27 | Angel was sitting beside her , holding her hand . |
| 28 | She discovered that Julius was sitting beside her . |
| 29 | Scathach was sitting beside her , his breathing soft as he listened . |
| 30 | He descended the stairs two at a time , and before she 'd managed to catch her breath she was deposited on the settee in the living-room and Michele was sitting beside her . |