Example sentences of "[verb] beside [pers pn] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought of the times she had put her hand into Nick 's , how she had sat beside him on the grass only half an hour ago . |
| 2 | He knelt beside her on the hearthrug . |
| 3 | Julia went to stand beside him on the minute balcony and stared down across the valley . |
| 4 | Because it would have been childish to refuse she stepped out and went to stand beside him on the snow . |
| 5 | Kate stirred beside him on the sofa , and Peter smelled her perfume . |
| 6 | He found the warehouse which corresponded to the number on the invoice lying beside him on the passenger seat and slowed the Golf to a halt in front of it . |
| 7 | But when it is dumped unceremoniously before you with a mound of inappropriate green peas and a pool of cold tartare sauce spreading beside it on the hot plate , then your appetite begins to seep away … |
| 8 | He walked beside them on the pavement , three abreast , so that pedestrians coming towards them had to step out into the street . |
| 9 | He came to sit beside her on the sofa ; she felt him look at her , intently . |
| 10 | She slid across the bed , making room for Johnny to sit beside her on the mattress . |
| 11 | She swallowed a sob of pure terror at the memory and Penry jumped up to sit beside her on the bed . |
| 12 | She went to sit beside him on the bed and read something tinny and long-winded about the recovery of Wall Street . |
| 13 | She stood and came over to sit beside him on the bed . |
| 14 | When the cart was ready , he called Gabriel to sit beside him on the driver 's bench . |
| 15 | The ribbons she laid beside her on the bed and she crushed the crown in her hands until the sharp pieces of broken straw pricked her , hurt her . |
| 16 | ‘ Come sit beside me on the bed . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Sit beside me on the bed , just for a little while longer , until I get to sleep ? ’ |
| 18 | And then I used to get on to the dray and sit beside him on the box and then we 'd go as far as Road , which is quite a stretch and I used o walk back . |
| 19 | ‘ And do n't worry , ’ said Megan , patting a haversack that lay beside her on the parapet . |
| 20 | ‘ You need looking after yourself , ’ she said to Maggie , sitting beside her on the bed . |
| 21 | Between mouthfuls of food I enquire from the Commando sitting beside me on the grass ‘ What is he up to with that pig ? ’ |
| 22 | So here she was sitting beside me on the window-seat , shut in between a heavy curtain and a window . |
| 23 | When he woke it was to find her sitting beside him on the bed , watching him . |
| 24 | Less than two minutes after becoming Mrs Tim Laurence , she stood beside him on the steps of Crathie Church , Balmoral and pointed to the nearest Range Rover . |
| 25 | Later the black girl came and sat beside him on the sofa . |
| 26 | He turned to Blanche , who sat beside him on the settle , his face grave . |
| 27 | He sat beside me on the wheelbarrow , smoking a cigarette and reading . |
| 28 | He came and sat beside her on the hearthrug . |
| 29 | Antonietta sat beside her on the settee and explained that a doctor would be along soon . |
| 30 | Myeloski , hands and lips greased with hamburger oil , sat beside her on the sacking that covered the floor and tried to comfort her . |