Prepositional Phrases

The cat burglar jumped over the barbed wire fence and kept running.

• cat burglar
• over the barbed wire
• kept running
• jumped over

Officer Lex lost all hope for solving the case once the cat burglar had escaped.

• the cat burglar
• solving the case
• for solving the case
• Officer Lex

Officer Lex threw the cat burglar against the wall and read him his rights.

• against the wall 
• threw the cat burglar
• read him his rights
• Officer Lex

Lex acted bravely during the chase but the suspect eluded him.

• Lex acted
• the suspect eluded
• during the chase
• acted bravely

 Officers Lex and Gomez heard five or six gunshots and ran toward them

• Officer Lex and Gomez
• toward them 
• heard five or six gunshots
• and ran toward them 

Lex jumped into the firefight so that he could protect the hostage.

• jumped
• protect the hostage
• into the firefight
• Lex jumped

Ramirez seems fearless but he is deathly afraid of bugs.

• Ramirez seems fearless
• deathly afraid
• of bugs
• deathly afraid of bugs

 Officer Lex looked for clues that might help him solve the crime.

• looked for clues
• that might help
• solve the crime
• for clues

Lex was having trouble sleeping at night ever since the cat burglar escaped him.

• having trouble
• escaped him
• at night
• was having trouble 

The cat burglar sat before the judge and awaited his sentence.

• The cat burglar
• before the judge
• awaited his sentence
• sat before