If you are standing in line, and a man named John is in the position before you, you might say, “We stood in line and John was ________ me.”
| AHEAD OF | 542 |
| IN FRONT OF | 477 |
| BEFORE | 47 |
| JUST AHEAD OF | 23 |
| RIGHT IN FRONT OF | 16 |
| AHEAD | 6 |
| JUST IN FRONT OF | 6 |
| NEXT TO | 5 |
| NR | 5 |
| RIGHT AHEAD OF | 5 |
| IN FRONT | 4 |
| FIRST | 3 |
| BACK OF | 2 |
| HEAD OF | 2 |
| AFORE | 1 |
| BESIDE | 1 |
| BY | 1 |
| FRONT OF | 1 |
| IN MY LIGHT | 1 |
| IN MY WAY | 1 |
| JUST AHEAD | 1 |
| JUST BEFORE | 1 |
| JUST IN THE LEAD OF | 1 |
| NEXT BEFORE | 1 |
| PRECEDED | 1 |
| PROCEEDED | 1 |
| RIGHT AHEAD | 1 |
| STEP TO ONE SIDE | 1 |
| THERE AHEAD OF | 1 |
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