Which preposition to use with outing

of Occurrences 134%

True ambition is the reaching-out of the soul toward preordained things.

for Occurrences 132%

"I have been keeping a look-out for Mr. Henshaw," he said, as they strolled off down a secluded walk, "but so far have had a chance of speaking to him only once, when I ran across him in the hotel.

in Occurrences 39%

"We thought it would be well for some one to keep a look-out in case anybody came.

on Occurrences 26%

I'd sooner take look-out on the fo'cas'le in a North Sea gale than keep anchor watch in an African calm.

at Occurrences 17%

There's Potts been swearin', be this and be that, that yourself and the little divvle wudn't be at the Blow-Out at ahl, at ahl.

with Occurrences 17%

And the columbines bravely As sentinels stand On the look-out with all their Red trumpets in hand.

from Occurrences 15%

Pat with his keen eye, his pulse bounding, and every sense on the alert, was keeping a careful look-out from behind an immense projecting buttress of the tree.

to Occurrences 9%

It blocked the door-way and covered the dug-out to the depth of several feet, so that I became a snowbound prisoner.

in Occurrences 8%

" "Just what they were," and Frank went on to explain how it came there was a second vacation for the academy boys of Centerville, and also the unfortunate fact of Andy, known among his chums as "Butch" for some unexplained reason, having determined to take an outing in the same region at the identical time they had arranged to come.

with Occurrences 5%

But J.W. remembered he had promised to be back with Marty for dinner, and so, in the midst of a story about Marty's Saturday afternoon outings with the boys, highly reminiscent of their own old-time Saturdays in the Deep Creek timber, J.W. made his excuses and hurried away.

on Occurrences 4%

Canoes had been collected on the shore of Winnipeg, handy if it should be decided that they all should go for an afternoon outing on the water.

as Occurrences 4%

Macy, as this officer was called, was for making a regular onslaught upon the animals, slaying as many as they could at once, and then take up the business of curing and trying-out as a regular job.

like Occurrences 4%

Such sheep and outdoor animals as had no shelter stood with their buttocks to the winds; while the tails of little birds trying to roost on some scraggy thorn were blown inside-out like umbrellas.

after Occurrences 3%

On Wednesdays you give your parlour a thorough turn-out after breakfast, and mind it's got to be all straight for dinner at half-past twelve.

for Occurrences 3%

There are four boys I know of, constituting the Rod, Gun and Camera Club, who have been busy planning an outing for next summer, back of the lumber camps at the head of the lake.

of Occurrences 3%

We shall have the first outing of the term on Saturday.

by Occurrences 2%

Lay-outs by A. M. Lounsbery.

between Occurrences 2%

Sally Brown, Faithless Nelly Gray, and Mary's Ghost, have been patronised by many public and private singers; but unfortunately they were adapted to as many airssometimes even to jigs; and the natural result was an occasional falling-out between the words and the melodies.

into Occurrences 2%

On Christmas morning I awoke very early, and emerged from my dug-out into the trench.

over Occurrences 2%

All this time, I need hardly say, I was keeping an uncommonly sharp look-out over the marsh.

at Occurrences 1%

Think of it, two weeks' outing at this beautiful time of the year, and up there in the woods where we were just planning to go next summer.

by Occurrences 1%

Those who don't get into the car at Amiens don't dine; there is accordingly some competition, especially on the part of the military element, of which the majority is proceeding to Paris on leave and doesn't propose to start its outing by going without its dinner.

like Occurrences 1%

" One little speech like that, one little outing like that, would do more toward driving away the demon of jealousy than all I could by a thousand sermons and homilies.

to Occurrences 1%

Before we started on the great drive to Luchon, we successfully accomplished a delightful day's outing to Gavarnie, but as it is full of interest and majesty, we give it a chapter to itself.

before Occurrences 1%

It is wiser, one fancies, to have the matter of the scene pretty fully roughed-out before details of furniture, properties, and position are arranged.

Which preposition to use with  outing