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Complete the following sentence by selecting the most suitable complex preposition from the ones given below.

      

Complete the following sentence by selecting the most suitable complex preposition from the ones given below.
1.The teacher is ....................the class.

2.She was standing ................the wall.

3. Boit was...............other runners in the hundred metres race.

4.He attended the meeting ....................his friend.

5.She did well in all the subjects..............maths.

  

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Martin
1.in front of

2.close to

3.ahead of

4.on behalf of

5.except for


marto answered the question on October 9, 2017 at 13:00


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