Example sentences of "[vb past] beside me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw nothing but her deep brown legs as she knelt beside me , felt nothing but her strong hands kneading me like dough . |
| 2 | My Pop came to me with an old Army pistol in his hand , knelt beside me and said , ‘ If you want me to kill him , I will . |
| 3 | She knelt beside me , saying nothing , and tapped three times on my back ; I had to resist the urge to ask in a Boris Karloff voice : ‘ Is there anybody there ? ’ |
| 4 | Graham knelt beside me , and took out his handkerchief . |
| 5 | Someone came beside me . |
| 6 | Yet after the robbery it was as if everything was in a highlight : the hawkers , the ‘ comprame , señor ’ women , the children 's shouts of ‘ cigarros , amigo , ’ as they trotted beside me , the constant offer of ‘ dolares , dolares . ’ |
| 7 | During heat waves , companions walked beside me in shorts and a T-shirt , while I lurched along in two tons of wool , certain in the knowledge that removing the jumper for 30 seconds would result in instant death by exposure . |
| 8 | 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 … |
| 9 | He stood in a semi-crouch and laid-in with a boot , twice , then slipped and fell beside me . |
| 10 | Suddenly , a motor cycle appeared beside me , and a state patrolman showed his head in the window . |
| 11 | At that moment the door of the old castle opened and De Gautet appeared beside me . |
| 12 | Suddenly a devil appeared beside me , with red hands and feet and a head as bald as a pig . |
| 13 | Max rang to wish me a merry one , followed by Lee and my sister-in-law , Maureen , and while Kenneth snoozed beside me I rang my ‘ lot ’ , culminating in a long chat with my lovely ex mom-in-law . |
| 14 | I opened the old copy of Time magazine I had beside me . |
| 15 | It was quite a long way , and coming home she let the pony trot while she ran beside me . |
| 16 | They waited beside me making worried encouragements until the ambulance arrived from the direction of Reading . |
| 17 | He came round to my side , stood beside me for a while , looking , puffing . |
| 18 | Suddenly , there stood beside me a very tall figure , six foot six or more , bearded and misty-white in appearance . |
| 19 | Now she stood beside me and watched the white Lincoln drive out of the boatyard . |
| 20 | Ellen came and stood beside me . |
| 21 | He came and stood beside me and picked out one of the new abstracts I 'd done at home . |
| 22 | All the time the Great Killer stood beside me , his hand on my shoulder . |
| 23 | He crouched beside me , with a great gash across his cheek . |
| 24 | Laura crouched beside me feeding the fire with a smooth , regular rhythm , sweat shining at her shoulder-blades , the T-shirt damp at her back . |
| 25 | She sat beside me and bathed and bandaged my knee but Aunt Louise made no sign that she realized what was going on . |
| 26 | He sat beside me on the wheelbarrow , smoking a cigarette and reading . |
| 27 | The Deaconess came over and sat beside me . |
| 28 | The sound rang in my ears long after he had fallen asleep : when Richard sat beside me as I lay on our bed , I thought I could still hear him through the wall . |
| 29 | He sat beside me . |
| 30 | He sat beside me and lent me his shoulder as a back-rest . |