What happens when the two sides actually sit at a table?

On one side sat the five lawyers for the town and a neighborhood association.

On either side sat, to the right, approaching night, and to the left, rising morning.

The two sides sat across from each other, staring, whispering.

The two sides of the choir sit facing one another.

The two sides had never sat at the same negotiating table since Ireland's division.

We would rather both sides sit down and iron out their differences.

In a tree at one side sat a brown-skinned youth.

Even Gabriel rolled back onto his left side, propped up, sitting in the blood.

In the corner to one side of him sat another man, out of sight from outside.