Which preposition to use with filing

in Occurrences 1022%

EBooks posted prior to November 2003, with eBook numbers BELOW #10000, are filed in directories based on their release date.

of Occurrences 813%

A file of animals moved along the sky line.

on Occurrences 39%

But after a while the greengrocer came on his monthly mission, in his white apron and shirt-sleeves, and she compared stubs with him from a file on her desk and balanced her account with careful squinted glance and a keen eye for an overcharge on a cut of breakfast bacon.

into Occurrences 36%

The music seized; and a regiment of Jarsey Muskeeters, all armed to the teeth and wearin' cowhide butes, marched single-file into my open window.

through Occurrences 30%

Who, looking upon that processional, filing through the ages of the years of man, would say that there may be a parliament of religions?

out Occurrences 25%

The jury filed out of their apartment, and as they retired to consider their verdict the judge retired to his own room.

for Occurrences 22%

Delving into the files for the dope, revealed the fact that the newspaper reports of about every third game they played on the average contained some reference to "Boston's luck."

with Occurrences 17%

He made no further complaint but read the paper religiously every day, gloating over Patsy's name as managing editor and preserving the files with great care.

to Occurrences 16%

The supposition that this snake prefers a file to any other species of nourishment is a vulgar error, and belongs to the same mendacious category as the stories that ostriches are fond of ten-penny nails and soldiers of hard tack.

at Occurrences 15%

These are filed at the employment office and are noted in a conspicuous manner upon a blackboard.

from Occurrences 13%

" She took a nail file from her pocket and looked at her hands in an uninterested manner.

past Occurrences 12%

Quiroga ordered the detachment to file past him, one by one.

as Occurrences 11%

"Clause 2 "No international agreement, to which a power signatory or adherent to this convention, is a party, shall become operative or be put in force until published and filed as aforesaid.

by Occurrences 9%

But he had not much time in which to fix those features in his mind; for the little girls, who had been waiting patiently for this moment, now came forward; and he stepped aside to watch them as they filed by, dropping as they did so, a tribute of fragrant flowers upon the quiet breast.

along Occurrences 9%

We made a picturesque sight, wending single-file along the shore, climbing over rocks and logs,Joe, who brought up the rear, twirling his canoe in his hands as if it were a feather, in places where it was difficult to get along without a burden.

of Occurrences 7%

But an assumption such as that of "animism," has the selective power of a magnet, drawing to itself all congruous facts and little filings of probability, until it so bristles over with evidence that a hedge-hog is easier to handle.

down Occurrences 7%

Everybody wanted to go toward the field of battle now, but a provost guard filed down the road presently, and in a few minutes I saw a sight that made tears of rage and shame blind me.

before Occurrences 6%

A hundred more Arabs joined, who passed in a single file before the Bey for inspection: they came rushing into the camp by twos and threes, firing off their long guns.

against Occurrences 6%

" He laid the end of a small flat file against the end of the rod and pressed it firmly, when the rod slid through the hole until it projected an inch beyond the apex of the cone.

up Occurrences 4%

" A quarter of an hour later the three boys, in semi-undress, were creeping in single file up the narrow staircase.

after Occurrences 4%

File after file of heavy horse passed them in military pomp, and the wistful gaze of the two females had scanned them in vain for the well known, much-beloved countenance of the leader.

in Occurrences 4%

He sees iron-filings in the pepper.

behind Occurrences 3%

He formed his men sixteen deep, and placed in their grasp the sarissa, as the Macedonian pike was called, which was four-and-twenty feet in length, and, when couched for action, reached eighteen feet in front of the soldier; so that, as a space of about two feet was allowed between the ranks, the spears of the five files behind him projected in front of each front-rank man.

between Occurrences 3%

The three pack horses walked in file between, heads low, tails whisking; and Ben, with Fenris at his horse's hoofs, brought up the rear.

over Occurrences 3%

For six weeks his dreams had been haunted by airy battalions filing over impossible defiles.

Which preposition to use with  filing