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in which two sentences do the underlined words represent prepositional phrases?

the man in the house seemed to be asleep.

the soldiers crept cautiously through the tunnel.

having been washed, jim's dog seemed a little smaller than before.

their faces brightening, they us for our offer.

i was informed that the bus would arrive in 45 minutes.

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Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. then, in 1958, when he was nine, his mother got a job as a dental assistant – and a raise. at about the same time, wash got a job, too. six days a week for eight years, he woke up by four o'clock in the morning to deliver milk. by the time he got to school each day, he'd already put in almost half a day's work. how does this excerpt readers make a personal connection to the story? by connecting readers to his mother’s medical training by connecting readers to the milk-delivery business by connecting readers to wash’s academic success by connecting readers to wash’s daily work routine