Prepositional Phrases with ON

Preposition Definition

A preposition is a word that tells you how words are related in a sentence. It could often follow a verb, but it does not always. The example of the frog and a log can tell you a lot of them, but those are only one of two categories of prepositions.

In fact, there are two types of prepositions: ones that tell about the place and ones that tell about time and time order.

Prepositional Phrases with ON

On a bicycle	On a bus
On a diet	On a journey/ trip/ cruise
On a large / small scale	On a list
On a motorbike	On a pension
On a plane	On a regular basis
On a ship	On a spree
On a summer evening	On a train
On a wall	On account of
on an expedition	on an island
On approval	On average
On bail	on balance
On behalf of	On board
On business	On condition that
On credit	On display
On edge	On end
On file	On fire
On foot	On good terms
On guard	On hand
On holiday	On horseback
On impulse	On leave
On my birthday	On my wedding day
On no account	On oath
On occasion	On order
on pain of	On paper
On parade	On patrol
On principle	On purpose
On reflection	On remand
On sale	on schedule
On second thoughts	On show
On strike	On suspicion of
On television	On that day
On the agenda	on the air
On the assumption	On the brink of
On the ceiling	On the corner
On the dot	on the dot
On the edge of	On the eve of
On the first day	On the grounds of
On the horizon	On the hour
On the increase	On the job
On the last day	On the menu
On the move	On the off-chance
On the outskirts	On the part of
On the phone	On the point of
On the radio	on the record
on the road	On the roof
On the run	On the second floor
On the strength of	On the stroke of
On the tip of	On the top of
On the understanding that	On the verge of
On the way	On the way to
On time	On tiptoe
On trial	On vacation
on watch

Prepositional Phrase Examples with ON

• I looked my slimmest ever on my wedding day and thoroughly enjoyed my holiday.

• The prisoners have now been on the run for three days.

• Tonight’s programme focuses on the way that homelessness affects the young.

• Someone on the radio was gabbling away in a foreign language.

• A few bidders inflated the prices on purpose.

• She arranged all her business affairs before going on holiday.

• The passengers on a plane arriving from Istanbul were set on by the pickets at Tegel airport yesterday.

• Did you go anywhere exotic on vacation this year?

• The prisoners were subsisting on a diet of bread and water.

• A friendship founded on business is better than business founded on friendship.

• Two men on a train almost get into a fistfight because one refuses to stop talking on his cell phone.

• The deal is conditional on approval by the French authorities.

• People on average are living much longer than before.

• Stop fussing about; the bus will arrive on time.

• Dinner was somewhat delayed on account of David’s rather tardy arrival.

• The family was forced to live on credit from local merchants.

• I remember once it snowed on my birthday, and I was so excited.

• Everyone should indulge in fantasy on occasion.

• A candle had set the curtains on fire.

• The constable was on leave and wearing civilian clothes.

• A woman on the corner was mumbling to herself.

• The rent will fall due on the last day of the quarter.

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