11.   He was too shy to come and sit by me in class.

12.   He was too shy to come sit by me in class.

13.   Her baby was wide awake, watchful, sitting by the road with that insolently erect posture little ones have.

14.   I now sat by her bedside and worked out ratios.

15.   I pictured nocturnal gamblers crouching over their cards, sleepless lovers writing letters, nurses sitting by the beds of invalids.

16.   I sat by the fire, very cosy and happy, and waited for him.

17.   I sat by the roaring fire and dried off.

18.   I sat by Toby, and stopped myself asking the questions which were dashing through my head.

19.   I sit by Raymond on the footstool of the easy chair he is occupying.

20.   Jacob had sat by her bedside and cried.