List of Phrasal Prepositions with Examples

What are Phrasal prepositions?

Phrasal prepositions are collection of words or phrases that could include an adverbs, verbs, nouns or pronouns in a sentence. You can consider them as parts of a sentence that forms a meaningful thought only as a unite.

Examples

• On behalf of
• In spite of
• On the floor
• In addition to
• By means of
• On time
• To the fact that

Examples in sentence:

• There is a party in front of my house.
• She went to school in spite of being sick.
• She gave a talk on behalf of the whole class.
• In addition to drawing, he also plays piano.
• I was not present in the meeting because of illness.
• he is proven guilty according to the law.
• We need to pass the exams for the sake of scholarship.
• According to science gravity is still a mystery.
• Considering the given results, the company decided to increase production.
• He cannot be here in any case because he lives far away.
• As for him, he knows exactly how to make a delicious pizza.
• Many people switch to work from home instead of going to office.
• He went all the way up to top of the mountain.

List of Common Phrasal Prepositions:

• In favor of
• Owing to
• According to
• By means of
• In addition to
• On the floor
• On-time
• In spite of
• Concerning
• On account of
• On behalf of
• In front of
• In any case
• For the moment
• In love with
• In the end
• For a while
• Up the hill
• Considering

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