The phrase "alert beside" is not a standard expression in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in a context where you want to describe someone being alert while positioned next to something or someone, but it is not commonly used.
Example: "She remained alert beside her friend during the long night hike."
Alternatives: "vigilant next to" or "watchful alongside".
As long as Cuba was not free, she would go on sitting at her computer with her little dog stretched out on the tiles beside her, alert for the telephone, with her front door open and Santa Rita at the ready, and the ceiling fan turning slowly in the smothering air.
Beside each alert is an button (see black arrow).
Beside each alert is an While signed in, you can also modify any current searches you have.
In June, when Mr. Craig, Republican of Idaho, was charged with making overtures for sex to an undercover police officer, a Web site that lists places for gay sex worldwide included this alert about the Minneapolis airport beside the words "Heads Up!" in red letters: "Airport police sting here in progress.
Besides helping sound the alert, there may be only so much the Homeland Security Department can do about cyberattacks or, if it comes to that, cyberterrorism.
Besides keeping the fish alert, the unpredictable current forces them to hunt for their food, as food pellets are thrown around by the water.
The collective is gone and as the months pass, you find yourself looking wistfully through pictures of yourself on deployment — your friends crouched beside you, rifles held, eyes alert.
Roosevelt later candidly documented this event in her newspaper column, "My Day," blaming the sun and the fact that she had no one sitting beside her to keep her alert.
When bulk purchases are reported, The Times puts the symbol of a dagger beside the book's title to alert readers.
Besides, such special effects help keep an audience alert.
