Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] beside [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 I stopped beside him as the other three went on ahead .
2 I sat beside her in the coach and held her hand all the way .
3 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 .
4 She sits beside me in the grass , not looking at me , picking cloverleaves between her feet .
5 Rachel was pale as she walked beside him into the cool marble courtyard , the towering stone fountain echoing beneath the glass dome .
6 Nellie 's face took on a hard look as she walked beside him along the tiled corridor .
7 She stiffened beside him in the darkness , absorbing the bitter truth .
8 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 .
9 When he woke it was to find her sitting beside him on the bed , watching him .
10 In London he sat beside Johnson in their various venues ; now he rode beside him in the post-chaise taking them up through eastern Scotland ; next he would canter along beside him to the Western Isles .
11 He rode beside you in the street car and complained about the traffic and the weather with you .
12 He knelt beside her on the hearthrug .
13 He walked beside them on the pavement , three abreast , so that pedestrians coming towards them had to step out into the street .
14 Nodding gently to himself , he reached beside him for the blanket .
15 He sat beside me on the wheelbarrow , smoking a cigarette and reading .
16 He sat beside her in the rear seats , a window open , the hot breeze lifting his black hair from his tanned face .
17 When he stood beside her at the grave he longed to hold her hand , and the sight of smudges on her cheeks from weeping made his heart ache .
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