Prepositional Phrases

Lexicon

Preposition in phrases:

Above all: ‘Be kind and polite but above all be helpful’.
Ahead of: ‘ There was a long queue ahead of us’.
Along with:’ I passed the piano exam along withthree aother people in the class’.
Apart from: ‘ Your essay is very good, apart from a few spelling mistakes.
As for me,you, etc : ‘ My family is moving to Canada. But as for me, I don’t want togo’.
At the end of: ‘Let’s meet up at the end of the month when we are less busy’.
At first: ‘I was angry at first but then I realised she was very sorry’.
At home: ‘ I stayed at home because of theawful weather’.
At (long) last: ‘I’ve found out a good tennis coach at (long) last’.
At the moment: ‘At the moment, I’m living in Athens’.
At that very moment: ‘I was turning the corner and at thatvery moment a child ran into the road’.
At any rate: ‘I think they are coming- at any rate that’s what they told me’.
At risk: ‘Your health is at risk if you smoke’.
Because of: ‘We can’t go for awalk because of the rain’.
By accident: ‘I knocked over the display by accident’.
By chance: ‘We planned to meet on Sunday but we met by chance on the bus this morning’.
By mistake: ‘I´m sorry butI took your dictionary by mistake’.
By the time: ‘By the time we arrived, they had already gone’.
For a while: ‘We waited for a while and then left without her’.
For me,her, you etc.: ‘I don’tlike that disco- for me it’s too noisy!
For now: ‘We have enough tea for now but we might need more later’.
For sale,rent,etc.: ‘Is your old computer for sale?’
From bad to worse: ‘Your behaviour isgoing from bad to worse’.
From memory: ‘I can play the whole tune from memory’.
From now on: ‘From now on you must all show your membership cards’.
In addition to: ‘She works in the café in additionto her job at the cinema’.
In aid of: ‘ We are collecting money in aid of the refugees’.
In case: ‘Let´s take an umbrella (just) in case it rains’.
In charge of: ‘Who´s in charge of the...