Which preposition to use with cistern

of Occurrences 19%

Another noteworthy feature of the summit of the hill is a collection of stone cisterns of varying ages, still containing water.

in Occurrences 10%

He must get water from a cistern in the roof and to carry the heavy jug was awkward when one could not see.

near Occurrences 3%

The Nagdevas with their serpent-canopies, which are relics of a primordial Sun and Serpent worship totally foreign to pure Buddhism, appear side by side with the Swastika or Life-symbol of the greater creed, with the lotus and other symbols of a phallic cult, and as in the small cistern near cave 14 with the female face representing the low-class Hindu belief in the divinity of the smallpox.

for Occurrences 3%

A deep cistern for the preservation of water has been hewn in the rock, and the entrance is closed by a gate shaded inside by vines.

on Occurrences 3%

I appealed to Colby about the injury to the cistern on the Great Gable in Cumberland, by the pile raised for the Survey Signal.

at Occurrences 2%

It was his custom to get up and take his bath in the rain cistern at this time, and to finish dressing just as the men piled out for the morning's work.

with Occurrences 2%

and be sure to stand Hard by the cistern with your cap in hand!

into Occurrences 1%

A man dreams for years over one projected composition, all his reading converges to it, all his experience stands related to it, it is the net result of his existence up to a certain time, it is the cistern into which he pours his accumulated life.

above Occurrences 1%

Another piece of furniture that pleases me, because it is of shining copper, which always throws a homely warmth into a room, is a large basin fixed upon a stand against the wall, with a little cistern above it, also of copper.

before Occurrences 1%

When their bonnes came for them at three o'clock,washing their tear-stained faces at the cistern before daring to take them through the streets,how passionately they would cry out, the tears breaking afresh into the wet handkerchiefs: "It's that Pupasse!

from Occurrences 1%

" Ulysses retiring a little out of sight, cleansed him in the cisterns from the soil and impurities with which the rocks and waves had covered all his body, and clothing himself with befitting raiment, which the princess's attendants had given him, he presented himself in more worthy shape to Nausicaa.

about Occurrences 1%

They stand on an elevated stone step, so as to bring the cistern about mid-height of their body, and on the rough inclined level of its rim they slash and roll the clothes, or, opening them, flaunt them into the water, or gather them together, lifting their arms high above their heads, and always treating them with a violence which nothing but the coarsest material can resist.

like Occurrences 1%

The inner court should contain a cistern like a little fish pond into which the drainage from the eaves may collect: as here the cattle and swine and geese can drink and bathe in summer when they are driven in from work or pasture.

to Occurrences 1%

University Extension may be conceived as a stream flowing from the high ground of universities through the length and breadth of the country; from this stream each individual helps himself according to his means and his needs; one takes but a cupful, another uses a bucket, a third claims to have a cistern to himself: every one suits his own capacity, while our duty is to see that the stream is pure and that it is kept running.

Which preposition to use with  cistern