| Previously, in poetry | 21 |
| Old-style preposition | 21 |
| In front of, old-style | 22 |
| In advance of, poetically | 25 |
| In advance of, in poems | 23 |
| Earlier, in poetry | 18 |
| "I shall be there __ you": "King Lear" | 58 |
| Word with said or mentioned | 27 |
| Word with mentioned | 19 |
| Word form with hand or said | 27 |
| Up front, at sea | 16 |
| Up ahead, at sea | 16 |
| Start for mentioned or said | 27 |
| Prior to, old style | 19 |
| Prior to, in the backwoods | 26 |
| Prior to, in dialect | 20 |
| Prior to, dialectally | 21 |
| Prior to, archaically | 21 |
| Prior to a golfer's warning? | 32 |
| Previously, to poets | 20 |
| Previously, to bards | 20 |
| Previous to, previously | 23 |
| Previous to, once | 17 |
| Previous to, old style | 22 |
| Previous to, in poetry | 22 |
| Prefix with mentioned | 21 |
| Prefix with ''thought'' | 39 |
| Prefix for said or thought | 26 |
| Prefix for mentioned | 20 |
| Prefix for ''mentioned'' | 40 |
| Predecessor of said or mentioned | 32 |
| Preceding, old style | 20 |
| Preceder of said or thought | 27 |
| Preceder of said or mentioned | 29 |
| Mentioned lead-in | 17 |
| It might be said ahead of "said" | 42 |
| In front of, once | 17 |
| In front of, in dialect | 23 |
| Earlier, old style | 18 |
| Earlier, in verse | 17 |
| Earlier than, once | 18 |
| Archaic "prior" | 25 |
| Archaic ''prior to'' | 36 |
| Ahead, at sea | 13 |
| Ahead of, to Ahab | 17 |
| Ahead of, on the briny | 22 |
| Ahead of, at sea | 16 |
| Affix for "mentioned" | 31 |
| "Here, __ Heaven, I ratify this my rich gift": "The Tempest" | 80 |
| "... with a muffler __ her eyes": "Henry V" | 63 |
| " . . . in Scotland ___ ye" | 37 |
| Above | 5 |
| Spoken of earlier | 17 |
| Raised above? | 13 |
| As above | 8 |
| With greater reason | 19 |
| Even more convincing | 20 |
| Even more certain: Lat. | 23 |
| All the more, in legal writing | 30 |
| Run ___ of the law | 18 |
| Tangled | 7 |
| Bad way to run | 14 |
| In a tangle | 11 |
| Entangled | 9 |
| In conflict | 11 |
| Run ___ of (conflict with) | 26 |
| Run ___ of | 10 |
| Run __ of the law | 17 |
| Run ___ of (violate) | 20 |
| Ran ___ of the law | 18 |
| On the wrong side (of) | 22 |
| In a state of conflict | 22 |
| Against the rules | 17 |
| How a felon runs? | 17 |
| Into conflict with | 18 |
| In conflict with, with "of" | 37 |
| In conflict with | 16 |
| In a state of entanglement | 26 |
| Run ___ of the law (commit a crime) | 35 |
| Run ___ of (clash with) | 23 |
| Run ___ (get into trouble) | 26 |
| Run __ of (conflict with) | 25 |
| Run --- of the law | 18 |
| Run --- of (conflict with) | 26 |
| Run -- of (violate) | 19 |
| Run -- of (get into trouble with) | 33 |
| Run ____: get into trouble | 26 |
| Run ___ of (hit a snag) | 23 |
| Run ___ of (come into conflict with) | 36 |
| Run ___ of (collide with) | 25 |
| Run __ of (hit a snag with) | 27 |
| Opposing, with 'of' | 27 |
| On the wrong side of | 20 |
| On the bad side (of) | 20 |
| In opposition to, with "of" | 37 |
| In an entangled state | 21 |
| -- of (in conflict with) | 24 |
| Sly as ___ | 10 |
| Crazy like ___ | 14 |
| Crazy like __ | 13 |