Which preposition to use with passing

through Occurrences 4642%

These and other matters pass through my mind, as I meditate; and help to distract my attention, for a while, from the oppressive thoughts of the night.

in Occurrences 1848%

He made an eloquent harangue, because his life was passed in the forum, but too fast for the notary to take down.

from Occurrences 1471%

For, so vastly had the passage of time been accelerated, that there was no longer any sense of the sun passing from East to West.

into Occurrences 1439%

Presently, I saw the bright ring of the Green Sun, show plainly against the night The star had passed into the shadow of the Dead Sun.

between Occurrences 928%

It struck the glass (smashing a pane), and passed between two of the bars, out into the garden, scattering burning oil as it went.

to Occurrences 907%

She passed to her rest years ago, leaving behind her the pleasant odor of a good name, a memory cherished by all who knew her.

for Occurrences 727%

The blows too, must be given in the right time, as well as in the right place, or they pass for nothing.

by Occurrences 639%

Let us pass by the other world, which is fraught with such happenings; but observe attentively only thine own city!

without Occurrences 578%

" This motion was passed without further debate.

over Occurrences 577%

A great while seemed to pass over me, and now I could nowhere see anything.

out Occurrences 482%

" Thereupon, she, being angry, and not without reason, making no answer, but muttering to herself, passed out of the chamber and left me alone.

with Occurrences 450%

The front of the house looks on the Seine; we had always a charming view from the windows, at night particularly, when all the little steamers (mouches) were passing with their lights.

on Occurrences 450%

This is, perhaps, the highest traveled pass on the North American continent.

of Occurrences 443%

It is the unfolding of one's intellectual helplessness before the unmoved, calm passing of years; of one's emotional inadequacy without God for adjudicator.

at Occurrences 419%

The troops are always received with much enthusiasm, particularly the artillery, dragging their light field-pieces and passing at a gallopalso the battalion of St. Cyr, the great French military school.

under Occurrences 417%

The alders gradually contracted, the channel becoming narrower until we were passing under a low archway of branches, covered with dense foliage, through which the sunlight could not penetrate.

of Occurrences 271%

Salon reserve, passing of the.

before Occurrences 263%

It was a fatiguing evening, as I stood so long, and a procession of strangers passed before me.

along Occurrences 226%

The circle was whiter and more distinct, where the Gulf Stream runs parallel to the American coast, and gradually grew fainter as it passed along the Banks of Newfoundland, to the coast of Europe, where, taking a southerly direction, the line of the circle was barely discernible.

within Occurrences 188%

It was difficult, nay, almost impossible, to get a trusty messenger through that multitude of fierce and bloodthirsty foes; and yet it was of the utmost importance that Sir Colin should have some one to tell him what was passing within the Residency, and show him the best route by which his troops could approach.

beyond Occurrences 182%

I had passed beyond the fixed stars and plunged into the huge blackness that waits beyond.

as Occurrences 152%

" "Passed as 'fresh-water' on the Great Lakes," replied Slade briefly.

across Occurrences 140%

Looking backward over the moving processional of the nations of the earth, we may see how, without rest, without pause, through countless ages, the myriad legions of men have been passing across the scene of lifepassing, and fading away!

near Occurrences 129%

But so it was, that one moonlight night I thought I was watched by some person; and on the following night an individual of the same figure, and whom I now suspected to be Balty Mahu, came suddenly from a cross street, and passed near me.

around Occurrences 103%

I first scanned the western spurs, hoping some way might appear through which I might reach the northern glacier, and cross its snout; or pass around the lake into which it flows, and thus strike my morning track.

Which preposition to use with  passing