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Circle the correct prepositions.
Sometimes I get interested in people who I’ve never even met. For example, it happened the other day when I was (1) at/in the city of Hamville. I was (2) in/on my way (3) at/ to Hamville in the early morning. I was reading the newspaper (4) by/ on the train when I noticed a man sitting (5) at /in the seat (6) opposite/ over mine. The man was middle-aged and looked quite ordinary but had a strange scar (7) above/ on top of his left eye and (8) down/ underneath his chin there was a tattoo of a very small dragon. The man was sitting (9) in / next to the window and from time to time looked (10) from/ out of it anxiously, occasionally taking an old watch (11) of/ out of his pocket.
When we arrived (12) at/ to the station, the man took his bag (13) down/ from the luggage rack (14) above/ on the seats and got (15) from/ off the train. There was something mysterious about him, so I decided to follow him. He did not get (16) in/on a taxi, but walked slowly (17) among/ between the people in the station and went (18) out/ out of the railway station carrying his bag. He then went (19) across/through the road and started to walk (20) along/around the river.
He crossed (21) over/ through a bridge and then went to the main square and sat (22) in/on a bench in the old square (23) in front of/ opposite the cathedral. I waited and stood (24) at/ behind a tree in the square.
After five minutes two men went up (25) by/to him and started talking. He started to run away (26) by/from them but they (27) after/ at him and one of them took (28) from/out a gun. Two minutes later police cars and vans came screeching (29) at/ into the square. Heavily armed police officers jumped out and put the man (30) in/ on one of the vans before leaving again at high speed. The text day, in the newspapers, I found out that the police had captured one of the most important leaders of organized crime in the whole country.