Which preposition to use with boat

in Occurrences 352%

The boat in which we sat was permitted to float out to a position from which we could see the sportsmen as they approached the game.

with Occurrences 328%

" "In case of an attack you will at once send in another boat with a howitzer.

of Occurrences 275%

Then the boats of the traders.

on Occurrences 271%

We were near by with our two boats when he took to the water, and we thought we would accompany him as an escort to the shore; so we rowed up, and with a boat on each side, and within ten feet of him, as he swam, escorted him towards the forest.

to Occurrences 248%

It is a curious fact that one skilled in the art will paddle or scull one of these light boats to within a few rods of a deer while feeding, in plain open sight, provided always that the wind blows from the direction of the animal, and no noise is made by the boatman.

from Occurrences 176%

While he was pouring out the words, the steersman sprang from the tiller, and seized Potts' oar just in time to save the boat from capsizing.

for Occurrences 175%

But are you one of those persons who, not being under a daily compulsion, rides upon a ferry boat for the love of the trip?

at Occurrences 172%

Think of reeling in a twenty-pound pickerel, or a forty-pound muscalunge, on a line three hundred feet in length, playing him for half an hour, and landing him safely in your boat at last!

into Occurrences 69%

Then, with an extra vicious blow, he knocked the German clear of the boat into the sea.

by Occurrences 54%

All the late boats by both routes had been packed.

up Occurrences 46%

As he watched his men hauling the boats up the rapids he "prayed them up as he used to do the troops when they wavered in the breaches in China".

across Occurrences 37%

"If he ran his boat across half empty, he'd make good.

without Occurrences 36%

The deer may, and probably will look, with a vacant stare, directly at the approaching boat without its curiosity being in the least excited, and then go to feeding again.

over Occurrences 32%

After incredible labor we succeeded, at length, in getting the long-boat over the side without material accident, and into this we crowded the whole of the crew and most of the passengers.

under Occurrences 29%

They saw him board, neatly running the small boat under the schooner's counter; they saw the foresheet eased off and the ship run up into the wind; then the foresail dropped and the wheel lashed so that she would stand so.

through Occurrences 28%

The little column then marched down to the boats through shuttered streets of timid neutrals and scowling rebels.

as Occurrences 28%

The deer occasionally raised their heads, looking all around, evidently regarding the boat as a harmless thing floating in from the lake.

out Occurrences 27%

Then he fetched an old newspaper, and sitting down on the borders of his lake, fashioned boat after boat out of the paper, and sent them sailing like merchant ships from isle to blooming isle.

along Occurrences 23%

My guide uttered some reassuring word in Finnish in a low half-whisper, and then slowly pushed the boat along to the ledge, saying: "Your high nobility may disembark.

after Occurrences 22%

Then he fetched an old newspaper, and sitting down on the borders of his lake, fashioned boat after boat out of the paper, and sent them sailing like merchant ships from isle to blooming isle.

alongside Occurrences 18%

It was LeVere's life or mine, and in the balance the fate of those others in the waiting boat alongside.

against Occurrences 18%

They knew, in a vague way, that winter would come early, but they had not counted on the big September storm that dashed their heavy-laden boats against the floe-ice, ultimately drove them ashore, and nearly cost the little party their lives.

down Occurrences 18%

I was sent to ask if you're man enough to take your life in your hands and to go with me in that boat down yonder at the foot of the garden.

like Occurrences 17%

This stream is navigable for small boats like ours, five miles to the Rackett River.

off Occurrences 15%

Well, they got the surf-boat off her side; she was pretty full with a load of Kroo boys and three or four white men.

Which preposition to use with  boat