Example sentences of "[vb past] beside [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knelt beside her on the hearthrug . |
| 2 | Iron Josh beckoned him down , and Denis knelt beside him in the cart . |
| 3 | I stopped beside him as the other three went on ahead . |
| 4 | Kate stirred beside him on the sofa , and Peter smelled her perfume . |
| 5 | Nellie 's face took on a hard look as she walked beside him along the tiled corridor . |
| 6 | Rachel was pale as she walked beside him into the cool marble courtyard , the towering stone fountain echoing beneath the glass dome . |
| 7 | The boy walked beside him from the Post Office to Lipton 's , talking about the secret that was safe between them , pursuing him into the shop itself . |
| 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 waited while she paid and then walked beside her into the entrance hall . |
| 10 | He stood up and walked beside her to the edge of the wood where his horse was tethered . |
| 11 | She stiffened beside him in the darkness , absorbing the bitter truth . |
| 12 | Scott quotes the case of a man who was persecuted by visions during a period of sickness and depression ; one of these visions was ‘ the apparition of a gentleman-usher , dressed as if to wait on a Lord Lieutenant of Ireland … arrayed in court dress , with bag and sword , tamboured waistcoat and chapeaubras ’ who ‘ glided beside me like the ghost of Beau Nash … |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He rode beside you in the street car and complained about the traffic and the weather with you . |
| 16 | Nodding gently to himself , he reached beside him for the blanket . |
| 17 | ‘ And do n't worry , ’ said Megan , patting a haversack that lay beside her on the parapet . |
| 18 | A man in a tie-dyed tee-shirt and cut-off jeans loomed beside her in the doorway . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | His pain , a round , red , throbbing presence , sat beside him at the window enjoying the spectacle . |
| 22 | Later the black girl came and sat beside him on the sofa . |
| 23 | He turned to Blanche , who sat beside him on the settle , his face grave . |
| 24 | His mother sat beside him in the dock holding his hand throughout the short hearing . |
| 25 | He sat beside me on the wheelbarrow , smoking a cigarette and reading . |
| 26 | Maria sat beside them at the table . |
| 27 | He came and sat beside her on the hearthrug . |
| 28 | Antonietta sat beside her on the settee and explained that a doctor would be along soon . |
| 29 | Myeloski , hands and lips greased with hamburger oil , sat beside her on the sacking that covered the floor and tried to comfort her . |
| 30 | Then , closing the doors firmly behind him , turning the great key , he went across to her and sat beside her on the bed , drawing her close . |