Usages of praeter
Puer praeter portam currit et ad matrem rogatum venit.
The boy runs past the gate and comes to ask his mother.
Raeda praeter basilicam lente movetur, quia turba magna ante ostium stat.
The carriage moves slowly past the basilica, because a great crowd stands before the door.
Canis trans viam currere non debet, quamquam raeda praeter templum lente movetur.
The dog ought not to run across the road, although a carriage is moving slowly past the temple.
Pater dicit hanc viam illa breviorem esse, itaque praeter macellum ad pistrinum procedit.
Father says that this road is shorter than that one, and so he goes past the market to the bakery.
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