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the room. Finally, it could escape from her room.
Then it ran __________
the sitting room. No sooner had the king seen it and

ordered soldiers, it jumped __________
out of that room. The palace was very tall at that time.
It fell 100 meters down __________

a well. All the family members of the kind came down to see
if the frog was alive. The well was dry, so the frog could die.
To rescue it, the princess threw a bucket __________
the well. It was alive for some time. But it died after few minutes.

Prepositional Group

There are some groups of words that function as prepositions. They are
called prepositional groups. Words like as a result of, because of, in spite
of, by virtue of, for the sake of, on behalf of, in order to, out of, owing to,

with reference to, make use of, by way of, instead of, in accordance with,
by dint of, etc. are common examples of such kind.

Prepositional groups Examples

by dint of [quality] They succeeded by dint of sheer hard work.

owing to [reason] He had to retire from business owing to illness.

in course of time In course of time he realized his mistake.

on behalf of [for] Martyrs die fighting on behalf of their country.

by means of They won the war by means of heavy ma-
[equipment] chine guns.
in spite of [despite] She won the contest in spite of poor perfor-
mance.
in accordance with We deposited the money in accordance with
your instructions.

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