He could hear the telephone beside her bed click and then give its first ring.

She heard a step beside her, felt a quiet presence.

He stopped suddenly as he heard a sound beside him.

They had gone from sight when he heard a voice beside the window.

As the girl left the room, Ferret heard a sound beside him.

I heard the sound of someone beside me on the deck being violently sick over the side.

Finally he heard a step beside him, and turned, only to find that it was Amanda who stood there.

I heard a sound from the top of the hill beside me, only a few yards away.

It wasn't the sort of noise he had expected to hear beside a lake, somehow.

I seem to hear him beside me every moment of the day.