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Prepositional phrase
List of
Prepositional Phrases
AT
at (a) high
speed
at (the) risk (of)
at
/ by one’s side
at / for a
fraction of
at / from the outset
at / in the end
at / on
sight
at / on the double
at
a / one time
at a disadvantage
at a discount
at a distance
at a glance
at a guess
at a loose and
at a loss
at a low ebb
at a moment’s
notice
at a price
at a rate of
at a speed of
at a standstill
at all costs
at all events
at an
advantage
at any cost
at any
rate
at breakfast
at ease
(with)
at face value
at
fault
at full strength
at
hand
at heart
at home (with)
at issue
at large
at least
at length
at liberty
at most
at night
at noon
at odds with
at once
at one’s best
at
one’s discretion
at one’s
disposal
at one’s
leisure
at one’s
request
at peace / war
(with)
at play
at present
at random
at sea
at the / in front of
at the
age of
at the beginning
at
the expense of
at the foot of
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at the hands
of
at the height of
at the
latest
at the mercy of
at
the peak of
at the same time
at the thought of
at the
time of
at the top of
at
this juncture
at times
at
war with
at work
behind the scenes
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Prepositional Phrases
BY
by (any) chance
by / under
the name of
by / with luck
by accident
by air /sea
/land
by all accounts
by all
means
by any standard
by
appointment
by birth
by
check
by coincidence
by
courtesy of
by definition
by
degrees
by design
by dint of
by far
by force
by hand
by heart
by law
by marriage
by means of
by mistake
by my watch
by nature
by no means
by oneself
by order of
by process of
by profession
by reason of
by request
by rights
by sight
by surprise
by the side of
by virtue of
by way of
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Prepositional Phrases
FOR
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for / in a good cause
for / to the benefit (of)
for a (good) reason
for a
change
for certain / sure
for fear of
for good
for granted
for hire
for lack of
for life
for love
for my / your, etc.
part
for real
for the good
of
for the sake of
for want
of
from experience
from
memory
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Prepositional Phrases
IN
in (no) time
in / at the
forefront of
in / on demand
in / out of focus
in /
ou
t of one’s element
in / out of prison
in / out
of
season
in /
out of stock
in / out of touch (with)
in / out of use
in / with
difficulty
in / within sight (of)
in a deep sleep
in a flash
in a heap
in a hurry
in a mess
in a pile
in a sense
in a temper
in abeyance
in abundance
in accordance with
in action
in addition to
in advance
in agony
in agreement with
in aid of
in all likelihood
in an instant
in an uproar
in answer to
in anticipation
of
in arrears
in awe of
in blossom
in brief
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in bulk
in cash
in character
in charge of
in code
in collaboration with
in
combination with
in comfort
in command of
in common
in comparison with
in
compensation for
in conclusion
in confidence
in confinement
in confusion
in conjunction
with
in connection with
in
consequence of
in contact with
in contrast with / to
in
control of
in convoy
in
custody
in danger
in debt
in decline
in defense of
in detail
in disgrace
in disguise
in disorder
in dispute
in distress
in doubt
in due course
in duplicate
in earnest
in effect
in error
in essence
in excess of
in exchange for
in existence
in fact
in fairness to
in favor of
in fear of
in flames
in flower
in full
in future
in gear
in general
in good / bad condition
in
good faith
in hand
in
harmony (with)
in haste
in
hiding
in high spirits
in
honor of
in horror (of)
in
ink / pencil
in isolation
in
its infancy
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in
jeopardy
in keeping with
in
labor
in league with
in
length
in line with
in love
with
in memory of
in mid-air
in mind
in moderation
in mourning (for)
in name
in office
in one’s absence /
prese
nce
in one’s spare
time
in operation
in opposition to
in origin
in other words
in pain
in Parliament
in particular
in person
in pieces
in place of
in possession of
in poverty
in practice
in preference to
in
preparation for
in principle
in private
in progress
in proportion to / with
in
public
in pursuit of
in
quantity
in question
in
reality
in recognition of
in
relation to
in reply to
in
reserve
in residence
in
respect of
in response to
in
retrospect
in return
in
revenge for
in reverse
in
ruins
in safety
in
sb’s interest
in
sb’s opinion
in search of
in secret
in self-defense
in
settlement
of
in short
in silence
in small change
in store for
in succession
in support of
in suspense
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