Which preposition to use with ended

of Occurrences 21232%

Claudius began to breathe his last, and could not 3 make an end of the matter.

in Occurrences 2401%

It ended in a sob.

to Occurrences 2001%

At once he bubbled up the ghost, and there was an end to that shadow of a life.

with Occurrences 1017%

We had one or two friends, political men, to dinner, and they discussed the situation from every point of view, always ending with the same conclusion, that W. was right to go.

by Occurrences 772%

I went over three or four times to inspect the ministry, as I had a presentiment we should end by living there.

at Occurrences 308%

After this followed the journey to the East Coast ending at Quilemane.

for Occurrences 229%

Later in life, through another and unquestionably even better method, he succeeded in bringing forth a plan which attained the very end for which he sought in the '80s, but in the second resort, by a far more efficacious method.

on Occurrences 173%

W.'s ministry came to an end on the famous 16th of May, 1877, when Marshal MacMahon suddenly took matters in his own hands and dismissed his cabinet presided over by M. Jules Simon.

without Occurrences 81%

He is followed by his sister disguised as a boy, and upon Friendlove's drawing on Bellmour a scuffle ensues which, however, ends without harm.

as Occurrences 63%

I take a vicious and unprincipled character, and lead him through those ranks of society whose accomplishments cover and cloak their vices, and paint the natural effects;" and elsewhere, that he means to make his scamp "end as a member of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, or by the guillotine, or in an unhappy marriage."

from Occurrences 55%

Cut tough ends from the asparagus; scrape and boil in salted water until tender.

than Occurrences 48%

In fact, the whale, when in articulo mortis, makes a more tremendous rumpus about its latter end than any other animal either of the sea or land.

like Occurrences 43%

On the topmost branches the fertile cones are set firmly on end like small casks.

into Occurrences 33%

In the mouth of the water-pot rests a husked cocoanut, with a hole in the upper end into which are thrust the stems of a bouquet of jasmine, with long arms of jasmine hanging down on either side.

through Occurrences 31%

And I don't want you to come to a sudden end through somebody's establishing illicit intercourse with my subconscious mind.

between Occurrences 26%

This brings everything to an end between us.' We would all, I am sure, have given a good deal to slip from the roomat least, my own embarrassment far exceeded my interestbut the Emperor from his lofty standpoint cared as little about our presence as if we had been so many articles of furniture.

before Occurrences 20%

The dinner came to an end before long, and the men went out with the ladies, and began to smoke in the drawing-room, standing round the coffee.

under Occurrences 16%

Dickens was reporting for the Morning Chronicle, and was just starting on a journey, but yet there are here two separate flourishes; one begins under the s of Charles and ends under the C of that name; the other starts under the capital D and finishes below the n of Dickens.

towards Occurrences 15%

I admonished him of the end towards which he was hastening.

against Occurrences 15%

What show you got in the end against your playin' pals like Joe Kirby and Al Flexnor?

after Occurrences 14%

" This question was finally compromised by agreeing that the importation of slaves should end after the year 1808.

over Occurrences 13%

At the crack of the rifle, the animal leapt dear of the ledge, struck once against the face of the rock some twenty feet below, and then went, end over end, thirty feet into the river.

within Occurrences 13%

"Davis's land begins and ends within cannon-shot of himself.

near Occurrences 12%

A road, starting opposite the Holy Lamb, in Church-street, and ending near the top of High- street, formerly passed through "The Park."

toward Occurrences 7%

At the end toward the swamp a great, oriental-looking passage is left, with an arched entrance, and a pair of ponderous wooden doors.

Which preposition to use with  ended