Which preposition to use with cutting

in Occurrences 1101%

If he really does bump into a rock he cuts in an arithmetic book for his latitude and longitude and lets it go at that.

into Occurrences 674%

They are quite charming, built of red brick with white copings, with stiff old-fashioned gardens, and trees cut into all sorts of fantastic shapes.

to Occurrences 328%

The wood, which was all cut to the same length, and channelled out to admit the free passage of the air, was then duly placed in the stove, and set on fire; but the heat not passing very readily through all the sinuosities of the pipe, he ordered his head cook to screw on his exhauster.

through Occurrences 320%

IDA hauled away like a steam-engine, and Mr. P.'s prow (his nose, you know,) cut through the water like a knife, in a straight line for the shore.

from Occurrences 276%

It grew no bigger than a pea, and I looked, with my whole soul, to witness the final end of our Systemthat system which had borne the world through so many aeons, with its multitudinous sorrows and joys; and now Suddenly, something crossed my vision, cutting from sight all vestige of the spectacle I watched with such soul-interest.

of Occurrences 246%

Resolved finally: We is the original JACOBS, and if Bosting don't like the cut of our Jib, let her lump it.

of Occurrences 183%

It was downright cutting of throats and scuttling of ships that our youngster sang of, and the grim faces looked and listened approvingly, as you might fancy Ulysses's veterans hearkening to a tale of Troy.

with Occurrences 171%

Cut with a round cake-cutter and bake on a hot greased griddle until brown on both sides.

on Occurrences 162%

He and I had a great pow-wow, didn't we, Nicholas?" Nicholas smiled absently, and fixed his one eye on the bacon that Mac was cutting on the deal box into such delicate slices.

out Occurrences 149%

But it is a tedious cut out of a life of fifty-four, to lose twelve or thirteen weeks every year or two.

across Occurrences 147%

All at once, during one of these periods of life, a sudden flame cut across the nighta quick glare that lit up the dead earth, shortly; giving me a glimpse of its flat lonesomeness.

for Occurrences 122%

This was done by tying his feet together, then running a long pole, cut for the purpose, between them, and lifting each end upon the shoulder of a boatman, he was "strung up," as Allen expressed it, clear from the ground.

at Occurrences 100%

'So be it, Beda,' says he, and so I left him cutting at his belt.

like Occurrences 51%

'You wished,' said the man who had struck me,'I won't repeat the words: to me, for it was I only that heard them, the awful company that hurts most, that sets everything before us, both past and to come, and cuts like a sword and burns like fire.

by Occurrences 37%

It was nearly dark when they started to come back, and the latter proposed the short cut by Locker's Lane.

in Occurrences 32%

Pa says the farmers fought with each other to sign orders, and some paid in advance, so as to get the willow cuttings in a hurry.

as Occurrences 30%

Before us on the hill-side across the stream was a wood, with its limits cut as clear on the meadow as a coppice in a nobleman's park.

against Occurrences 25%

In the evening, when the straight trunks cut against a blaze of gold and green, they sat by a smudge fire that kept off the mosquitoes and sang to an accompaniment of banjos and mandolins.

over Occurrences 22%

Presently the time came for me to leave the road and take the short-cut over the moors; but in the deluge, where the eyes could see no more than a yard or two into a grey wall of rain, I began to misdoubt my knowledge of the way.

under Occurrences 21%

He went further, and did the handsome thing by meas if it wasn't enough to cut under his price!

about Occurrences 18%

The horse was bruised and cut about the knees, but otherwise unhurt, so the men resumed their places; Babette climbed back to hers, and the heavy cart went jolting on.

from Occurrences 18%

Pare the cucumber, cut it equally into very thin slices, and commence cutting from the thick end; if commenced at the stalk, the cucumber will most likely have an exceedingly bitter taste, far from agreeable.

without Occurrences 14%

Pare off the rind carefully, that none of the pine be wasted; and, in doing so, notch it in and out, as the edge cannot be smoothly cut without great waste.

along Occurrences 12%

A roast fowl is carved in the same manner as a boiled fowl, No. 1000; viz., by cutting along the line from.

between Occurrences 11%

The Director of the Agricultural Department, Mr P.K. Desai, inaugurated it at 11 a.m (instead of a ribbon to be cut between the doors of the exhibition, there was a creeper).

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