Which preposition to use with berths

in Occurrences 58%

Or they found a patron and gave him a sugared sonnet for a pittance, or strained themselves to the length of an Ode for a berth in his household.

for Occurrences 26%

"The supporters o' that rascal, Colonel Kleppish, who has been occupyin' my berth for goin' on eight years," he said with fierce indignation.

on Occurrences 25%

You can't have a berth on any conditions.

at Occurrences 13%

How often during that voyage did our hero lie awake in his berth at night, tossing this way and that without finding any refreshment of sleepperhaps all because her hand had touched his, or because she had spoken some word to him that had possessed him with a ravishing disquietude?

of Occurrences 12%

"My name is Eagen," I replied; "I've the berth of mate.

as Occurrences 9%

He made his way to the window, through the darkness, having slung his sack over his shoulder and holding it with his right hand, while with the left he guided himself up the dais and along its outside edge, giving as wide a berth as possible to the great chair and its encircling canopy.

to Occurrences 9%

Something broke, and she went right through the bottom of the berth to the floor, doubled up like a jackknife.

with Occurrences 8%

Why did you not try for a berth with an Atlantic line!"

under Occurrences 2%

"No fear of me, motherI berth under your roof to-night, and so many more in the bargain, that you'll be glad enough to be rid of me in the end.

after Occurrences 2%

He gave the buck a wide berth after that.

next Occurrences 2%

By degrees all the passengers got dressed, all but two,the lady in 9 and 10, who had made no sign as yet; and the man who occupied alone a double berth next her, numbered 7 and 8.

beneath Occurrences 1%

In the intensity of my feelings I must have unconsciously spoken aloud, for a shaggy head suddenly popped out from the berth beneath where I lay, and an interested voice asked solicitously: "Hy, thar; whut's up, mate?

from Occurrences 1%

Here I am still held by the leg and lying in my berth from which I have not moved for six days.

among Occurrences 1%

Ithuel had succeeded in hauling the felucca into a berth among the islets, where she could not easily be approached by boats, and where her carronades might be rendered exceedingly useful.

into Occurrences 1%

The giant was in two upper berths, and he got one leg out of the transom over one berth, and one leg out of the transom over the other berth, and we pulled his legs, but he couldn't make it, so pa took an ax and made both berths into one, and got him out.

like Occurrences 1%

Some of these kitchens are fitted for sleeping apartments; occasionally having two tiers of berths like a ship's cabin, slightly and rudely curtained.

alongside Occurrences 1%

On each side of the river, both above and below the bridge, the quays are ordinarily lined with vessels berthed alongside each of the quays, and as the river is rather narrow at this point, the line of fairway for vessels passing through the bridge is confined nearly to the center of the river.

onto Occurrences 1%

I lost my balance and fell out of my berth onto the floor.

opposite Occurrences 1%

We had berths opposite each other.

out Occurrences 1%

"They say to the Englishmen now," said one, "that we're going to take the berths out of the 'Pacific.'"

over Occurrences 1%

Give me an extra blanket, and if there is any one in the berth over me slide him into another.

about Occurrences 1%

The bearded woman got up out of her berth about daylight, to go to the toilet room for a shave, or a hair cut, or something, and when she saw pa trying to soothe the fat woman and hold her from breaking in two, she screamed and slapped pa's face, and had a mess of hysterics.

until Occurrences 1%

As soon as it was dark, and I saw that the ship was off, I found a village, named St. Agata, that stands on the heights, just abeam of those rocks they call the Sirens, and there we were well berthed until morning.

beside Occurrences 1%

Since his boyhood he had not known a home; his resting place had been a shack at a noisy construction camp, a room at a crowded cheap hotel, and a berth beside a steamer's rattling engines.

aboard Occurrences 1%

Thus he awoke, tossed in his berth aboard the Hatterasand a gale was on.

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