Sunday, October 21, 2012

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 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 List of 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 List of Prepositional Phrases FOR 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 List of Prepositional Phrases IN in (no) time in / at the forefront of in / on demand in / out of focus in / out 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 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 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 / presence 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 in sympathy with in tears in terms of in terror in the absence of in the aftermath in the balance in the case of in the course of in the distance in the event of in the extreme in the eyes of in the flesh in the form of in the habit of in the interests of in the lead in the light of in the long run in the making in the meantime in the midst of in the mood for in the name of in the night in the open in the process of in the right in the seclusion of in the shade in the space of in the wake of in the way of in the wrong in theory in time for in times of in town in trouble in tune with in turmoil in turn in two minds in twos / threes / tens in uniform in unison in vain in view of in vogue in words of the opinion off / on duty off school off duty off their rocker off their meds List of Prepositional Phrases ON on (the) watch (for) on / behind schedule on / off the record on / off the road on / under oath on / under pain of on /of the air on /off balance on a diet on a journey / trip / cruise on a large / small scale on a pension on a regular basis on a spree on account of on an expedition on an island on approval on average on bail on behalf of on board on business on condition that on credit on display on edge on end on file on fire on foot on good terms on guard on hand on horseback on impulse on leave on loan on no account on occasion on one’s (own) terms on one’s own on one’s own initiative on order on paper on parade on patrol on principle on purpose on reflection on remand on sale on second thoughts on show on strike on suspicion of on the agenda on the assumption on the brink of on the dot on the edge of on the eve of on the grounds of on the horizon on the hour on the increase on the job on the move on the off-chance on the outskirts on the part of on the phone on the point of on the run on the strength of on the stroke of on the tip of on the top of on the understanding that on the verge of on the way to on time on tiptoe on trial on vacation List of Prepositional Phrases OUT out of / in fashion out of / in print out of / in step out of breath out of context out of control out of curiosity / jealousy / love /hatred out of date out of doors out of duty out of hand out of ideas out of one’s mind out of order out of pity out of place out of practice out of reach out of respect for out of sight out of spite out of stock out of the ordinary out of the question out of work through no fault of List of Prepositional Phrases TO to / on the contrary to an extent to date to excess to one’s astonishment to one’s credit to one’s dismay to sb’s face to the / this day to the accompaniment of to the best of to the detriment of to the exclusion of to the full to the satisfaction of List of Prepositional Phrases UNDER under / in the circumstances under age under arrest under consideration under construction under cover of under discussion under lock and key under one’s protection under orders under pressure under regulations under repair under strain under stress under suspicion under the command of under the impression that under the influence (of) under the misapprehension under treatment List of Prepositional Phrases WITH with / in reference to with / without success with a view to with an eye to with regard to with regret with respect to with the aid of with the compliments of with the exception of with the help of with the intention of List of Prepositional Phrases WITHIN within / out of earshot within / without reason within grasp within limits within one’s budget within one’s power within one’s rights within reach (of) within site within walking / striking distance List of Prepositional Phrases WITHOUT without (a) doubt without a break without a hitch without delay without exception without fail without 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