YOU SAID:
Mikhail is sat next to me in class.
INTO JAPANESE
ミハイルはクラスで私の隣に座っていた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Michael was sitting next to me in class.
INTO JAPANESE
マイケルは、クラスに私の隣に座っていた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Michael was sitting next to me in class.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.