There was a man sitting beside me.
过去进行时
那时候有个男人正坐在你身边
和There be的用法完全一样 就把BE改成过去式就OK~
There was a man sitting beside me.
这里sit是持续的状态,所以用v+ing
to do是去做某事的意思,强调做一个动作
there be的过去式是there was/were.There was a man sitting beside me.是正确的表达。用sitting是表状态。
There was a man sitting beside me
第一句 后面跟个 不定式做什么 这个我也没法解释 - - 总之闻所未闻
第二句
现在分词引导一个状语从句修饰MAN