100 Examples of Prepositional Phrases

No.	Item	Definition
1.	about music	concerning music
2.	above the clouds	higher than the clouds
3.	according to plan	as the plan states
4.	across the street	on the other side
5.	after dinner	following dinner
6.	along the coast	following the coastline
7.	among friends	surrounded by friends
8.	around the corner	near the corner
9.	at first	initially
10.	at heart	in one’s true nature
11.	at home	in one’s home
12.	at night	during the nighttime
13.	at once	immediately
14.	at risk	in danger
15.	at sea	on the ocean
16.	at the station	located at the station
17.	at war	engaged in warfare
18.	at work	working or workplace
19.	because of traffic	due to traffic
20.	before sunrise	earlier than sunrise
21.	behind the curtain	at the back of
22.	beside the river	next to the river
23.	between the lines	in the space separating
24.	beyond doubt	without uncertainty
25.	by air	traveling by airplane
26.	by car	traveling in a car
27.	by chance	accidentally
28.	by hand	done manually
29.	by law	according to law
30.	by mistake	accidentally
31.	by the door	next to the door
32.	by train	traveling by train
33.	despite objections	in spite of objections
34.	despite the rain	in spite of rain
35.	down the road	farther along the road
36.	during class	throughout the class
37.	during the break	through the break
38.	for a while	for some time
39.	for lunch	intended for lunch
40.	for now	at the present time
41.	for sale	available to buy
42.	for years	over many years
43.	from afar	from a great distance
44.	from home	starting at home
45.	from now on	starting now forward
46.	in bed	lying in bed
47.	in charge	having responsibility
48.	in detail	with full details
49.	in front of us	ahead of us
50.	in peace	without conflict
51.	in person	physically present
52.	in public	where others can see
53.	in the morning	during the morning
54.	in time	before it is late
55.	in trouble	facing problems
56.	inside the box	within the box
57.	instead of coffee	in place of coffee
58.	into the room	moving inside the room
59.	near the window	close to the window
60.	off duty	not currently working
61.	on alert	watchful for danger
62.	on duty	currently working
63.	on fire	burning
64.	on foot	walking
65.	on purpose	intentionally
66.	on the table	resting atop the table
67.	on time	at the scheduled time
68.	onto the stage	moving to the stage
69.	out of town	away from town
70.	outside of work	apart from work
71.	outside the office	beyond the office
72.	over lunch	during lunch
73.	over the hill	across the hill
74.	past midnight	after midnight
75.	past the bridge	beyond the bridge
76.	since Monday	from Monday until now
77.	since then	from that time
78.	through practice	by means of practice
79.	through the tunnel	passing inside the tunnel
80.	through thick fog	passing amid dense fog
81.	throughout history	during all history
82.	throughout the year	during the whole year
83.	to school	going toward school
84.	to the left	toward the left side
85.	under arrest	taken by police
86.	under control	managed successfully
87.	under oath	having sworn truthfulness
88.	under pressure	feeling strong stress
89.	under repair	being fixed
90.	under the bed	beneath the bed
91.	until noon	up to noon
92.	until tomorrow	up to tomorrow
93.	up front	at the front
94.	up the stairs	moving upward on stairs
95.	with care	carefully
96.	with friends	accompanied by friends
97.	within reach	close enough to get
98.	within reason	to a sensible extent
99.	without sugar	lacking sugar
100.	without warning	suddenly