Prepositions beginning with P

One-word prepositions

past

• I saw you yesterday when we drove past your school.
• The post office is just past the police station.
• Don't work past your bed-time.
• This is difficult. It's past me.
• It's nearly ten minutes past five. 5.09 to be precise.

pending

• We cannot supply you pending payment.
• Pending his return, we can do nothing.
• There were many arguments pending the negotiations.

per

• The speed limit is 70 miles per hour.
• The carpet costs $10 per square metre.

plus

• 2 plus 2 = 4.
• There will be three of us, plus the baby. So that's four in total.

pro

• Are you pro capital punishment or against it?
• He is very modern. He is generally pro new ideas.

Complex prepositions

preparatory to

• I made a graph preparatory to the meeting, so everything was ready.

prior to

• I never spoke French prior to living in France. But I learned quickly after coming to France.