Advanced Prepositions + Phrasal

Verbs
be + Adjective Preposition Sentence Example
am afraid
am annoyed
is obsessed
am interested
is liable
am shocked
am good
am, grateful
am excited
am upset
is responsible
is famous
am right
am aware
am addicted
am fond
am bored
am preoccupied
am serious
am married
am kind
am indifferent
am baffled
am surprised
am angry
am jealous
is full
is good
am bad
am anxious
am capable

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am certain
am immune
am ashamed
am conscious
am detained
am distressed
am attentive
am prone
am engaged
am late
am keen
am happy
am sorry
am ready
am deficient
am experienced
is absent
is derived
is different
is safe
is missing
am absorbed
am convicted
is packed
is exempt
is faced
am barred
is cluttered
am involved
is expelled
am engrossed
is crammed

am insured
am concerned
is connected

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VERB PREPOSITION SENTENCE EXAMPLE

resign
argue
glance
confide
protest
insists
results
specialize
succeed
remind (me)
apologize
blame
collide
confront
distinguish
discuss (something)
deter
coincide
provide
differ
marvel

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VERB PREPOSITION SENTENCE EXAMPLE

concentrate
pay
confuse (me)
deal
plead
benefit
stem
confess
depend
impose
react
refer
insist
devote
appeal
suffer
prefer
resort
see

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Nouns Prepositions Sentence Example

ban
cure
room
a witness
have control
effect
have admiration
recipe
quarrel
a solution
have a craving
have access
tax
alternative
exception
a threat
restriction
influence
credit
respect
sympathy
responsibility

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PREPOSITION NOUN SENTENCE EXAMPLE

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advance
fault
focus
stress
behalf of
the time
jeopardy
demand
control
stock
delay
comfort
good condition
coincidence
the contrary
theory
practice
work
suspicion
breath
good terms with
danger
trouble
charge of
the exception of
response to
luck
practice
purpose

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PREPOSITION NOUN SENTENCE EXAMPLE

surprise
a regular basis
favor of
high spirits
all likelihood
suspicion
mistake
average
life
pressure
repair
the verge of
the market
cover of
the impression
recognition of
collaboration with
any rate
distress
decline
first sight
comparison with
the ordinary
the influence of
all
exception

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PREPOSITION NOUNS SENTENCE EXAMPLE

a word
age
pocket
control
the early stages
answer to
short
the foreseeable future
reach
belief
doors
the circumstances
a shadow of a doubt
the end
any case
the time being
turn
time
the end
large

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PHRASAL SYNONYM SENTENCE EXAMPLE
VERB

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back down
break down
break down
break up
bring about
bring off
bring up
bring up
carry out orders
catch on
come about
come in for
come off
come up
come up against
come up with
count on
do away with
draw up a
contract
drop in on
drop off
end up
face up to
fall for
fall through
get across
get at
get down to
business
get on
get round to
give away
give up
go off
go off

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is going on
to go around
go through
grown on
have it in for
hit it off
hold up
hold up
keep up
lay down the law
let me down
look into
make out
make up
make up
pick up
put you up
put up with
rip you off
run into
see him off
set up
stand for
be taken in
take over
take to
take up
tell someone off
turn down
turn out
turn up
wear off

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