Example sentences of "[pron] sat [prep] the other " in BNC.

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1 The only sounds in the room were the scratching of his pen-nib as he made each entry , and the chink of coins as he counted them out of the cash box — and the heavy breathing of Marcus Judge , who sat at the other side of the desk , his eyes fixed upon his son .
2 They passed from her to Louis , who sat at the other end of the sofa reading Le Figaro .
3 The photograph was n't very much like the girl who sat on the other side of the desk , but passport photographs seldom are much like their originals .
4 He looked at Lady Horne who sat on the other side of the fireplace , an ivory and pearl rosary entwined around her fingers .
5 Benjamin and I sat at one end of the trestle board , they sat at the other , grouped together like stupid boys immersed in their own private jokes .
6 And it sat at the other side of the gate
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