Which preposition to use with chest

of Occurrences 358%

Besides a lot of scientific apparatus and chests of chemical supplies, everything that could possibly be required, had been provided by that omniscient young man.

with Occurrences 73%

Please let me examine your chest with my stethoscope.

in Occurrences 69%

Take this key, (stretching out his feverish hand,) and after waiting two hours, in which time the medicine I have taken will have either produced a good effect, or put an end to my sufferings, you may then open that blue chest in the corner.

for Occurrences 32%

In one corner stood a wooden shed containing a carpenter's bench, a chest for bats and stumps, and various other things belonging to different boys.

at Occurrences 21%

The boy, awaking after some bewilderment with the glare that looked to him as daylight, climbed upon a chest at the window, and was seen.

on Occurrences 18%

His mistake in this instance saved his life, for springing too far, he came down not in reaching distance of Lefty's throat, but with his chest on the knees of the older tramp.

to Occurrences 12%

During the dog watches, often, every man aboard would be below, for at that period Captain Selover loved to take the wheel in person, a thick cigar between his lips, the dingy checked shirt wide open to expose his hairy chest to the breeze.

from Occurrences 11%

The handle turned, and, with a sudden release of faculties, darting this way and that, as if at bay, she tore the white-enameled medicine-chest from its moorings, and, with a yell sprung somewhere from the primordial depths of her, stood with it swung to hurl.

like Occurrences 8%

Their temples are built from east to west, having a chamber or vestry for the priests on the north; or if the building is square, they have a similar chamber on the middle of the north side in place of a choir, and before it is placed a long broad chest like a table, behind which, facing the south, stands the principal idol.

into Occurrences 8%

" They brought Pericles a large chest, in which (wrapt in a satin shroud) he placed his queen, and sweet-smelling spices he strewed over her, and beside her he placed rich jewels, and a written paper, telling who she was, and praying, if haply any one should find the chest which contained the body of his wife, they would give her burial: and then with his own hands he cast the chest into the sea.

as Occurrences 7%

Then she flung the paralyzed animal back like a flash; the young wolves tumbled in upon him; and before he knew what had happened Eleemos the Sly One was stretched out straight, with one cub at his tail and another at his throat, tugging and worrying and grumbling deep in their chests as the lust of their first fighting swept over them.

under Occurrences 6%

She groped for it, pulled open drawer after drawer, rifled them for lint and linen, and by the time Mudge tapped on the door, stood ready with the chest under one arm and a heap of bandages in the other.

near Occurrences 5%

I found a seat on a chest near his hammock, and, telling him I was ready to attend to his narrative, he began: "'The first impression I have of home was when I was about five years old, and was surrounded by a little troop of brothers and sisters, for I can remember when there was seven healthy, happy children in my "boyhood's home."

by Occurrences 5%

Walls have earseven that oaken chest by yinder wonder Yardsley (irritated).

before Occurrences 5%

Household Cavalry 1,039 427 Dragoon-Guards 1,208 794 Foot-Guards 1,872 859 Infantry Regiments 1,706 758 Men in healthy districts of England 723 The Foot-Guards, which lost annually 1,415 from diseases of the chest before the reform, lost only 538 in 100,000 from the same cause in 1859.

behind Occurrences 4%

Set down the Chest behind yon hedge of Rosesand then put on those Shapes I have appointed youand be sure you well-favour'dly bang both Bearjest and Noisey, since they have a mind to see the Devil.

across Occurrences 4%

" With his chest across the counter and legs out violently behind, Mr. Bauer flung up a glance from his order-pad.

about Occurrences 4%

In the stern of the boat near by him was a box or chest about the bigness of a middle-sized travelling-trunk, but covered all over with cakes of sand and dirt.

through Occurrences 4%

A straight blade would have gone from back to chest through muscle and sinew, but the knife which Aldous held scarcely pierced the other's clothes.

out Occurrences 3%

"She says it's the most romantic way to be married, and she means to throw her hope chest out of the window first and slide down a rope made of bedsheets.

above Occurrences 3%

" As her outer robe dropped, Eivé snatched at an object in its folds, but too late; and the electric keys, which gave access to all my cases, papers, and to the medicine-chest above all, lay glittering on the ground.

as Occurrences 2%

] PANCHO.[Footnote: Pronounced Pän'ch[=o] (ch as in church.)]

for Occurrences 2%

P is often substituted for f, b for v, and ch for j.

in Occurrences 2%

k in Norrköping, Linköping, Kivik (pronounced Cheeveek), etc., is like ch in cheer.

against Occurrences 2%

Strong is the lionlike a coal His eyeballlike a bastion's mole His chest against the foes: Strong the gier-eagle on his sail; Strong against tide the enormous whale Emerges as he goes.

Which preposition to use with  chest