Which preposition to use with boring

in Occurrences 81%

It is on record that the Lady Digby smiled for the first time since her lord had died, and when the grinning cook bore in the platter, she beat upon the table with her spoon.

with Occurrences 74%

Jack may have believed this himself, for he took no pains to disabuse the maidens as to the inefficacy of the rite, and bore with galliard fortitude the wear and tear of the nascent mustache, without which, to his mind, a soldier would figure very much as a monk without a shaven crown or a mandarin without a queue.

to Occurrences 61%

I was struck too, with the vast disproportion which the extent of the several countries of the earth bore to the part they had acted in history, and the influence they had exerted on human affairs.

on Occurrences 42%

Now this letter of Adams's was indeed a jewel of the first water, and no doubt bore on its face a very different appearance from the chaff of which I have spoken; but still Adams was unknown: he had been graduated as senior wrangler, it is true, but somebody must be graduated as senior wrangler every year, and a first-rate mathematician is not produced every year.

of Occurrences 37%

He made the instinctive pioneer motion to his hip, looked into the bore of the Colonel's pistol, and under Keith's grip dropped his "gun-hand" with a smothered oath.

through Occurrences 32%

The latter penetrates into the substance of the potato plant, either by entering a stomate, or by boring through the wall of an epidermic cell, and ramifies, as a mycelium, in the substance of the plant, destroying the tissues with which it comes in contact.

at Occurrences 27%

" "Then you were not bored at Winnipeg?

into Occurrences 25%

Still he bored into the young face with those kind gimlets, his good little eyes, and "You areone of us?"

for Occurrences 25%

He was overcome, it seemed, by the affection which it now transpired that Little Arcady bore for him.

from Occurrences 14%

Another is, that, in the order of sailing in two or more columns, if the ships were 'by the wind' or close-hauledthe column-leaders were not abeam of each other, but bore from one another in the direction of the wind.

of Occurrences 9%

For hours on end he lay flat on his back, staring at the dim illuminations of the windows and listening to the faint out-of-door noises or the sharper borings of insects in the logs of the structure.

by Occurrences 7%

All children enjoy singing, but here, as in everything, we must keep pace with development, or the older ones, especially the boys, may get bored by what suits the less adventurous.

as Occurrences 5%

"A confirmed punster is as great a bore as a patronizing moralist.

about Occurrences 3%

Many wore swords, while those who did not bore about with them enormous gold or silver-headed canes.

after Occurrences 3%

However, due to pitting, the presence of dust, other abrasives, or to accumulation, metal fouling may occur in clearly visible flakes or patches of much greater thickness, much more difficult to remove. (c) In cleaning the bore after firing it is well to proceed as follows: Swab out the bore with soda solution (subparagraph j) to remove powder fouling.

between Occurrences 3%

It was some ten minutes before he returned, followed by two men who bore between them a heavy bronze chest which they placed upon the cabin floor.

like Occurrences 3%

In the mahogany-panelled room A. Lincoln Wilbram turned from the window and transfixed his servitor with eyes that bored like steel bits.

within Occurrences 3%

A bath?why, it must rather have been a Trojan horse, which bore within its womb this band of invincible heroes who went to war for a woman!

under Occurrences 2%

In autumn, when he leaves the marsh and brings his flock to the grain-fields, we do not like him quite so well; but the Wise Men say that even then he is a good fairy in disguise, eating cutworms, army-worms, and other injurious kinds; even when stealing a bit of green corn, they think he clears away the worms that bore under the husks.

beneath Occurrences 2%

What in the world!" Terry's eyes bored beneath the layers of flabby fat.

near Occurrences 2%

Of course you see that this is a very bad thing for the trees; for when a great many holes have been bored near together the bark loosens and peels off, so that the tree is likely to die.

without Occurrences 2%

The bridge was completed within the specified time and bore without flinching all the severe tests to which it was put.

than Occurrences 2%

Perhaps you had better be bored than miserable, and, if less exciting, it is surely less painful to stifle listless yawns, than to crush down the cry of a wilful wounded heart.

before Occurrences 2%

And he hathe no werre, but ridethe with a pryvy meynee, thanne he hathe bore before him but o cross of tree, with outen peynte peynture, and with outen gold or silver or precious stones; in remembrance, that Jesus suffred dethe upon a cros of tree.

down Occurrences 2%

No sound out there, for the wind was dead and the snow dropped noiselessly; the creek in the gorge, because what little draught there was in the air bore down the canon, sent no sound to her ears.

Which preposition to use with  boring