Which preposition to use with basin

of Occurrences 385%

A minute later, she leaves me; coming back with a basin of odd scraps of food.

with Occurrences 59%

For, notwithstanding many of these side tributaries are quite short, and, during late summer, feeble, they all become powerful torrents in springtime when the snow is melting, and carry not only sand and pine-needles, but large trunks and boulders tons in weight, sweeping them down their steeply inclined channels and into the lake basins with astounding energy.

in Occurrences 35%

Beginning on the northwestern extremity of the group, I explored the chief tributary basins in succession, their moraines, roches moutonnées, and splendid glacier pavements, taking them in regular succession without any reference to the time consumed in their study.

on Occurrences 17%

Opening from this were two closet-like rooms containing each a bed and a chair, with a wash-basin on a bracket shelf.

for Occurrences 15%

If running water were not accessible, every tent had a tin basin for the morning ablution, each soldier taking turn good humoredly.

at Occurrences 15%

But if an Englishman bred in Jamaica, who perhaps had never seen nor heard of ice, coming into England in the winter, find the water he put in his basin at night in a great part frozen in the morning, and, not knowing any peculiar name it had, should call it hardened water; I ask whether this would be a new species to him, different from water?

to Occurrences 15%

From the base of the fall I followed the ridge that forms the western rim of the Eaton basin to the summit of one of the principal peaks, which is about 5000 feet above sea-level.

from Occurrences 11%

The above pudding may be boiled instead of baked; but then allow 2 extra tablespoonfuls of sago, and boil the pudding in a buttered basin from 1-1/4 to 1-3/4 hour.

into Occurrences 9%

Coiled on the rock above, and within reach of his face, were several large rattlesnakes, and he always insisted that one made a spring at him, as his hands gave way, and he put out for the basin into which he plunged.

below Occurrences 5%

There it was, as veritable a Dutch-oven for cooking fever in, with as veritable a dripping-pan for the poison when concocted in the tideless basin below the town, as man ever invented.

under Occurrences 5%

In the centre a nymph hung over a marble basin under a tinkling fountain.

between Occurrences 5%

And how far they have to go, and how many cups to fillcassiope-cups, holding half a drop, and lake basins between the hills, each replenished with equal careevery drop God's messenger sent on its way with glorious pomp and display of powersilvery new-born stars with lake and river, mountain and valleyall that the landscape holdsreflected in their crystal depths.

versus Occurrences 4%

Mandibulae validae corneae arcuatae, intus apicem versus subsinuatae edentulae basin versus ciliatae vel submembranaceae.

after Occurrences 3%

Young Harry Esmond soon learned the domestic part of his duty, which was easy enough, from the groom of her ladyship's chamber: serving the Countess, as the custom commonly was in his boyhood, as page, waiting at her chair, bringing her scented water and the silver basin after dinnersitting on her carriage-step on state occasions, or on public days introducing her company to her.

among Occurrences 2%

Nature meant this city, set in a basin among hills, for defense, and for the center of any army defending Thrace.

by Occurrences 2%

It appears from Mr. Cook's studies that the deforestation of the Cuzco Basin by the hand of man, and modern methods of tillage on unterraced slopes, have caused an unusual amount of erosion to occur.

as Occurrences 2%

With these magnificent ice-characters so vividly before us it is not easy to realize that the old glacier that made them vanished tens of centuries ago; for, excepting the vegetation that has sprung up, and the changes effected by an earthquake that hurled rock-avalanches from the weaker headlands, the basin as a whole presents the same appearance that it did when first brought to light.

near Occurrences 2%

If you are not in the habit of making bread at home, procure the dough from the baker's, and, as soon as it comes in, put it into a basin near the fire; cover the basin with a thick cloth, and let the dough remain a little while to rise.

until Occurrences 2%

Set it by in a basin until quite cold, then take off every particle of fat.

against Occurrences 2%

let's go and look on, and I'll tell you a dodge; put one of the tin washing-basins against the iron door of the lavatory, and then if any one comes he'll make clang enough to wake dead; and while he's amusing himself with this, there'll be lots of time to 'extinguish the superfluous abundance of the nocturnal illuminators.'

through Occurrences 2%

And in particular that oak, now so gigantic, thanks to the clear waters of the adjoining basin through which one of the sources ever streamed, was their own big son, one that dated from the day when they had founded Chantebled, he, Mathieu, digging the hole and she, Marianne, holding the sapling erect.

like Occurrences 2%

Green Peas may also be steamed in a jar or basin like stewed fruit.

beside Occurrences 2%

So it had grown and set up housekeeping in its isolation, even as the community of Little Rivers had in a desert basin beside a water-course.

without Occurrences 1%

He could not understand how the lake could have gone from its basin without the sound of the rushing waters being heard by any one of the party.

above Occurrences 1%

over the Thames basin above Kingston would give, omitting evaporation and absorption, a volume of 53,375,000,000 gallons.

Which preposition to use with  basin