Which preposition to use with bucket

of Occurrences 172%

I seized a bucket of slops, and; opening the window, dashed the contents in the direction of the music; the full force of the deluge striking a fat, froggy-looking little Dutchman, who was puffing and blowing at a bassoon infinitely larger than himself.

in Occurrences 22%

"You may see her still, if you will look at the Moon, there, grass in one hand, bucket in the other, and when the new Moon tips to one side and the water spills from the clouds and it is the months of rain, it is the bad Moon maiden tipping over her water-bucket upon the earth.

from Occurrences 18%

First he dragged me to my feet, then he threw me upon my knees, and at last, with that grim brutality which characterizes him, he directed me to go and get a mop and bucket from the forecastle and remove the dark red stains from the chair and deck.

with Occurrences 16%

He opened the door, pulling it to again after him as he crept inside; then taking a step forward in the pitchy darkness, promptly fell over a bucket with an appalling crash.

on Occurrences 14%

He put an empty bucket on the table, and with Mac's help, wedged the spruce in it firmly, between some blocks of wood and books of the law.

for Occurrences 12%

Among their domestic utensils the Egyptians used the same kind of buckets for wells that we find to-day among the farmhouses of New England.

at Occurrences 8%

Kaviak put a stop to his staring angrily by the hour into the fire, and set him to whittling out boats and a top, thereby providing occupation for the morrow, since it was one man's work to break Kaviak of spinning the one on the table during mealtime, and sailing the other in the drinking-water bucket at all times when older eyes weren't watching.

into Occurrences 7%

As they approached the designated place, they saw a slender man, in drab-colored clothes, lowering a bucket into the well.

to Occurrences 5%

He led a number of men with buckets to the tank, and they soon drowned out the smoldering places.

by Occurrences 4%

Now she had set the bucket by the steps on purpose, in case he should care to go with her to the river just once more.

like Occurrences 3%

He stood straight up in the bucket like a champagne-bottle in a cooler, and he could not have resented his predicament more if he had been set in crushed ice instead of warm water.

as Occurrences 2%

she asked with a gasp, instantly recognizing the bucket as identical with the two filled with lard which had been stolen.

after Occurrences 2%

Bucket after bucket of water was passed along and dashed into the hold, and everything that could be done was done, but without effect.

near Occurrences 2%

He looked at the kettles, then at the coffee-urn, which stood on a shelf, near the fireplace; on the water bucket near the door; and on the spoons and knives and forks and saucers and plates, which could be seen through the half-open cupboard door.

without Occurrences 1%

The hat, as Mr. Sala humorously puts it, resembles an inverted coal scuttle or bucket without handles, and pierced by many holes.

along Occurrences 1%

Thus far we have considered the movement of jets and buckets along AB as straight lines, but this can only occur, so far as buckets are concerned, when their radius in infinite.

bathwater Occurrences 1%

Plenty of exercise and a swim daily (with a good run after the swim), or instead of the swim a bucket bathwater thrown over the dog.

before Occurrences 1%

These would be happy to pay a few pennies for a cup of water rather than take the long hike to the Spring themselves; Lindsey would empty bucket after bucket before finally returning to the plantation.

down Occurrences 1%

The Corellia men, who with eager hands pass the buckets down the hill, stop, and stare, and wonder.

over Occurrences 1%

" [Illustration] He then set up the float and hinged the arms of the Dorothy figure in such a way that she could dump a bucket over the Witch's head.

about Occurrences 1%

A stern parent and a strong-armed crammer projected him into the Navy, and in the Navy he remained for years bucketing about the salt seas in light and wobbly cruisers, enforcing intricate Bait Laws off Newfoundland in mid-winter, or playing hide-and-seek with elusive dhows on the Equator in midsummer, but always with a vision of that little place in his mind's eye.

Which preposition to use with  bucket