Put a correct preposition in each blank space.
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1. He passed away at four o'clock in the afternoon on Monday.
2. In the evening, there's a great film on TV and a comedy programme at midnight.
3. I stopped at his house to borrow a raincoat in the middle of a storm on Sunday.
4. In my opinion, you can rely on/upon him to come at/by noon.
5. I saw him looking at/for/through some books in/at the library on Saturday. His brother was with/by/near him.
6. I posted the parcel at the main Post Office in/on Market Road.
7. It won't fall off/down because I have twisted the wire round that post to keep it in position.
8. I was woken up by the sound of the radio in my brother's room. The radio was on at a bit high volume.
9. He was lying injured on the field after a fall from his horse.
10. I was shocked by the way in which he reacted to someone calling him 'fatty'.
11. The load of eggs fell off the lorry when it was turning towards the warehouse at low speed.
12. The train whistled its way into the station at about ten o'clock in the morning.
13. We parked our car at/on the side of the road behind another car.
14. There is plenty of tin left in that mine which is near to another mine.
15. We threw the net in/into the river and sat down to wait for a good catch.
16. There is a waterfall farther up the river. You can see the foam floating down to/towards us.
17. Sunday is the day on which he goes to church where he joins the congregation and kneels in prayer.
18. On most Saturdays I go fishing with my brother, who seems to have had a lot of good luck in fishing.
19. My friend used to go to school on his bicycle but now he goes by bus or by taxi because he lives farther away.
20. Some of the boxes on the lorry were not tied down/up firmly.