Example sentences of "they beside " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not know what to say in reply , so I took his hands and held them beside my own , showing first the backs , then the palms , then measuring them one against the other , palm to palm — something the Japanese would often do in comparing their smaller , lighter hands with my grosser ones . |
| 2 | He pulled a handful of gold and silver chains from his sporran , tossing them beside her where she crouched . |
| 3 | Simply serve them in tiny bowls or hors-d'oeuvre dishes , or pile up little mounds of them beside the sliced lamb and beef . |
| 4 | Seated between Maria Teresa and Maria Iñes , with João in the row in front of them beside his close friend , Fernando , Sara did not understand what was to happen at first , and presumed that the ceremony was some symbolic re-enactment of a past event . |
| 5 | She sat on the grass and dropped them beside her . |
| 6 | You 'll find them beside streams , in damp meadows and grassland . . |
| 7 | Mrs Bannerji brought two new cups of tea and placed them beside Pakeezah Begum 's big , black bakelite telephone . |
| 8 | If you are using a lot of abbreviations in a document keep a note of them beside the keyboard as you can easily produce a lot of nonsense if you accidentally use the wrong abbreviation . |