Which preposition to use with intruder

in Occurrences 27%

When next I visited the Bretton's château I found an intruder in the room I had occupied during my illness.

with Occurrences 18%

exclaimed Bull in horror, for the stallion had rushed at the small intruder with gaping mouth.

into Occurrences 10%

They, therefore, again formed a combination to attack and utterly destroy these oppressive intruders into their country.

on Occurrences 9%

One unhappy day a warder came into the cell, when the poor mouse peeped out from his tiny hiding-place, and the officer, I presume, as a matter of duty, seized the little intruder on the spot and captured it.

by Occurrences 4%

McKinley's position at first completely concealed him, but a slight and involuntary motion of his chair attracted the cat's attention, and their eyes met, McKinley, having heard much of the powers of "the human face divine," in quelling the audacity of wild animals, attempted to disconcert the intruder by a frown.

from Occurrences 4%

I will tear the little intruder from my heart before the mischief is become irretrievable.

like Occurrences 3%

Like skilled soldiers they grouped, and bore down on the intruders like an avalanche.

as Occurrences 2%

The next morning it was discovered that Mr. Blake had not returned from Fenley, and the five other members of the supper club were inclined to regard Diggory's vision of the midnight intruder as a sort of waking nightmare, resulting from an overdose of cake and pork-pie.

before Occurrences 2%

We were well satisfied with our quarters, but after night-fall intimation was given us that unless we kept a sharp look-out it was very probable we might have some unwelcome intruders before morning, as a neighbouring fort was hostile to that of Shukkur Durrah; and moreover, that the inhabitants of the fort itself were in the utmost dread of a band of desperadoes who infested the adjacent hills and occasionally paid them a nocturnal visit.

of Occurrences 2%

Squirrels barked at the intruders of their nut domain; blue jays screamed harshly as they flitted from limb to limb among adjacent trees; crows sent forth many noisy caws from atop of some neighboring pine, watching those moving figures suspiciously the while; and once a deer suddenly leaped across the trail, with a flip of its short tail, to speedily vanish amidst the colored foliage of some bushes.

out Occurrences 2%

And, since the rajah of Cochin was fully informed of all these things, yet persisted in favouring the Portuguese in despite of all remonstrances, he had resolved to make war upon him, to deprive him of his dominions, and to drive these Christian intruders out of India.

without Occurrences 1%

Now, however, we had the office cleared of the intruders without much ceremony and, as soon as the horror-stricken lady was sufficiently recovered, she was conducted to her carriage, and after arranging for an early interview on the morrow, was driven off.

through Occurrences 1%

At length, the buffalo began to appear, grazing in herds on the great prairies which then bordered the river; and Marquette describes the fierce and stupid look of the old bulls, as they stared at the intruders through the tangled mane which nearly blinded them.

at Occurrences 1%

Her ladyship treated Mr. Godfrey with superciliousness, as an intruder at her lord's table.

within Occurrences 1%

Speak up" The dishevelled intruder within the narrow doorway glanced about the interior of the single room with bloodshot eyes.

off Occurrences 1%

They took advantage of the unwillingness of the Federal commander to harass Indians who might be friendly; and plotted at ease the destruction of the very troops who spent much of the time in keeping intruders off their lands.

Which preposition to use with  intruder