Which preposition to use with lyings

in Occurrences 16%

Just a sled lying in the moonlight.

on Occurrences 8%

Next day, when Lucy returned from the post-office, where she had taken a letter for Luke, she found another lying on the table, in Larkin's handwriting.

at Occurrences 6%

I never saw so much as a sheep-head or a drum lying at his feet.

of Occurrences 4%

Perkins, worn out, irritated by, if not angry at, what he termed the underhanded lying of the opposition, drove home for luncheon, and found his wife and her mother in a state of high dudgeon.

to Occurrences 4%

"Look here; there's no good lying to me.

between Occurrences 2%

Referring to my notes of the winter and spring of 1868-69, every day of which I spent out of doors, on that section of the plain lying between the Tuolumne and Merced rivers, I find that the first rain of the season fell on December 18th.

with Occurrences 1%

And there she is, a-lying with a crazy sort of eye, A staring at the wash-house roof, laid open to the sky: Then she beckons with a finger, and so down to her I reaches, And puts my ear agin her mouth to hear her dying speeches, For, poor soul!

behind Occurrences 1%

Being anxious to examine the range over the cove, I desired Mr. Helpman to explore the North-East corner of this large bay, and the main lying behind the islands, fronting the coast to the northward of it.

by Occurrences 1%

"Mine and my brothers' garments," she replied, "that have contracted soil by this time with lying by so long in the wardrobe.

like Occurrences 1%

Howsomever, he went on a-lying like a Trojan about the pony.

under Occurrences 1%

"No, Nathan," ejaculated his lordship, "I am too great an admirer of your music to suffer a single phrase of it to be lost; I insist that you publish the melody, but by attaching to it the date it will answer every purpose, and it will prevent my lying under greater obligations than are absolutely necessary for the liberal encomiums of my friends.

as Occurrences 1%

For a country so damp and low-lying as Belgium, there is probably nothing to equal a paved road, but it is a pity that the paving was not made a little wider.

Which preposition to use with  lyings