Which preposition to use with netted

of Occurrences 117%

[Cries repeated] Perhaps worn out and weak, hungry and emaciated, they bewail at once the broad nets of the South and the tough bows of the North.

for Occurrences 42%

But there is that dread net for crime!

in Occurrences 40%

Some were weaving baskets and mats, and others washing their fishing nets in the lake.

with Occurrences 26%

Here they are dredged up by means of a net with an iron scraper at the mouth, that is dragged by a rope from a boat over the beds.

over Occurrences 22%

We got some iron gates and tied them together with a thick mesh net over it all.

on Occurrences 17%

Then the next morning being the 22 we set sayle againe, and kept our course as before, and about three of the clocke in the afternoone, wee had sight of the two towers of Iaffa, and about fiue of the clocke, wee were with a rocke, called in the Italian tongue, Scolio di Santo Petro, on the which rocke they say he fished, when Christ bid him cast his net on the right side, and caught so many fishes.

from Occurrences 10%

One of the girls on the flying trapeze fell off into the net from the roof of the tent and broke her suspenders, so when they got her down in the ring it seemed as though everything she had on was going to shuck loose, and leave her with nothing but a string of beads, and pa went up to wrap his coat around her, and she kicked his hat off and ran into the dressing-room.

into Occurrences 9%

exclaimed Ford in a loud whisper, as he saw Dab quickly plunge the net into the water, and then shake out of it into the bottom of the boat a great sprawling "blue-legged" crab.

at Occurrences 7%

Angeline had on a black silk gown as shiny as the freshly polished stove she was leaving in her kitchena gown which testified from its voluminous hem to the soft yellow net at the throat that Angeline was as neat a mender and darner as could be found in Suffolk county.

about Occurrences 6%

The reserves also hurried away, and I concluded that Grady was trying to throw a net about the territory in which the fugitive was probably concealed; but my interest in that manoeuvre was overshadowed, for the time being, by my anxiety for Simmonds.

by Occurrences 6%

In a paper on the "Rediscovery of the Unique," H.G. Wells emphasized the unique quality of the individual, and how, in spite of the cleverest devices of classification, living things ultimately escaped the classifying net by virtue of their tendency forever to vary.

to Occurrences 6%

Dr. Wallich writes in 1862"By sinking very fine gauze nets to considerable depths, I have repeatedly satisfied myself that Globigerina does not occur in the superficial strata of the ocean."

between Occurrences 5%

The fishermen who dwell on the coasts of the Baltic never use their nets between All-saints and St Martin's; they would then be certain of not taking any fish through the whole year: they never fish on St Blaise's day.

as Occurrences 4%

Even then it was not an effective barrier owing to the tidal effects, as submarines were able to pass over it during strong tides, or to dive under the nets as an alternative; it was not practicable to use nets more than 60 feet deep, whilst the depth of water in places exceeded 120 feet.

through Occurrences 4%

Here and there, against the saffron tide, or under banks quaggy as melting chocolate, stooped a naked fisherman, whoswarthy as his background but for a loin-band of yellow fleshshone wet and glistening while he stirred a dip-net through the liquid mud.

across Occurrences 3%

And it was with considerable eagerness that they fastened their eyes on the figure of the small, wiry man who was sauntering along toward the farmhouse, carrying a butterfly-net across one shoulder, while with his other hand he held a queer-shaped black case, which, as Sallie said, contained his more recent captures in the way of beautiful and rare moths and insects.

around Occurrences 3%

"The sailors went out in a boat, slipped a net around a block of ice and towed it to the side of the ship, then it was hitched to a derrick and swung on deck.

along Occurrences 3%

Mahadeo was one of my neighbours a generously-bellied Betim elder who with surprising agility climbed into his canoe and laid his meagre nets along the river shallows.

off Occurrences 2%

The drifters worked drifting nets fitted with mines as an anti-submarine weapon, and also in the case of the Dover area they laid and kept efficient a barrage of mine nets off the Belgian coast.

like Occurrences 2%

His father had just died a few months before, and Nurse said maybe that was one reason why Father got caught in the matrimonial net like that.

per Occurrences 2%

net per vol.

behind Occurrences 2%

She stole out to him that evening after the bridal finery was put away, and knelt at his feet in her plain little muslin dress, her hair all out of crimp, slipping from her net behind her ears,Harrie's ears were very small, and shaded off in the colors of a pale apple-blossom,up-turning her flushed and weary face.

towards Occurrences 1%

'They would sometimes cast their Nets towards the right Paths to catch the Stragglers, whose Eyes for want of frequent drinking at the Brook that ran by them grew dim, whereby they lost their way; these would sometimes very narrowly miss being catched away, but I could not hear whether any of these had ever been so unfortunate, that had been before very hearty in the strait Paths.

under Occurrences 1%

Drive the net under him quick, and then lift.

until Occurrences 1%

Washed ashore on the inevitable plank, she supports herself among the fisher folk by weaving nets until after a year's toil she is relieved by Antonia and Coeurdemont, now happily married.

Which preposition to use with  netted