Prepositional phrases

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES LIST – BY

• by chance
• by the name of
• by luck
• by accident
• by air
• by sea
• by 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

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES – AT

• at high speed
• at risk
• at one’s side
• at a fraction of
• at the outset
• at the end
• at sight
• at the double
• at 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
• at face value
• at fault
• at full strength
• at hand
• at heart
• at home
• 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
• at war
• at play
• at present
• at random
• at sea
• at the 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

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES LIST – FOR

• for a good cause
• for the benefit (of)
• for a reason
• for a change
• for certain
• for fear of
• for good
• for granted
• for hire
• for lack of
• for life
• for love
• for my
• for real
• for the good of
• for the sake of
• for want of
• from experience
• from memory

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES LIST – WITHOUT

• without doubt
• without a break
• without a hitch
• without delay
• without exception
• without fail
• without foundation
• without precedent
• without question
• without respite
• without warning

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES LIST – IN

• in time
• in the forefront of
• in demand
• in of focus
• in of one’s element
• in of prison
• in of season
• in of stock
• in of touch
• in of use
• in difficulty
• in 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
• 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 condition
• in good faith
• in hand
• in harmony (with)
• in haste
• in hiding
• in high spirits
• in honor of
• in horror
• in ink
• in 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
• in name
• in office
• in one’s absence
• 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
• 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
• in uniform
• in unison
• in vain
• in view of
• in vogue
• in words

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES LIST – ON

• on watch
• on schedule
• on the record
• on the road
• on oath
• on pain of
• on the air
• on balance
• on a diet
• on a journey
• on a trip
• on a large scale
• on a 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 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

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES LIST – OUT

• out of fashion
• out of print
• out of step
• out of breath
• out of context
• out of control
• out of curiosity
• out of jealousy
• 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

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES LIST – TO

• to 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 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

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES LIST – UNDER

• under 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

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES LIST – WITH

• with reference to
• with 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

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES LIST – WITHIN

• within of earshot
• within reason
• within grasp
• within limits
• within one’s budget
• within one’s power
• within one’s rights
• within reach (of)
• within site
• within walking distance
• within striking distance