Which preposition to use with pats

on Occurrences 53%

Pat on a kettle with enough water to cover the flounders, lay in the fish, add salt and vinegar in the above proportions, and when it boils, simmer very gently for 5 minutes.

of Occurrences 35%

There's the cat: I think she is, but then she wouldn't know when to wake me, and even if I could teach her to wake me the moment Agnes cried, I don't think she would be a nice one to do it; for if I didn't come awake with a pat of her velvety pin-cushions, she might turn out the points of the pins in them, and scratch me awake.

with Occurrences 15%

The name came pat with the unpleasant part of Hal's brooding, and his scowl grew blacker.

in Occurrences 12%

'There's one!' says Pat in a whisper.

into Occurrences 5%

she asked as she sorted up her stock, jingling the bracelets on her wrists, and patting into shape her big, frizzy pompadour.

TO Occurrences 5%

* PAT TO THE QUESTION.

for Occurrences 5%

Congratulations, hand-shakings, patronizing pats for the groom: for the bride, insistent stares and anatomical observations on the part of the men, with analyses of her gown, her toilette, speculations as to her health and strength on the part of the women.

at Occurrences 4%

" "There, there, little mother," he said, patting at her and blinking, "IWhywhy, there's men come back from every war, and plenty of them.

as Occurrences 4%

" "That's a play-writing trick, I suppose," Sylvanus Power sneered, "stringing out your sentences as pat as butter.

from Occurrences 2%

He saw the owner of those eyes movehe did not hear, there was no sound, not even a pat from the moccasined feet, he merely sawand move toward him.

across Occurrences 2%

I'm" She reached out, placing her hand pat across his mouth, and, in the languid air of the room, shuddering so that her lips trembled.

about Occurrences 2%

He took us all off and had rhymes pat about all the principal persons in the room; when he came to the Colonel himself, he burst out A military gent I see, and while his face I scan, I think you'll all agree with me he came from Hindostan.

over Occurrences 1%

good white Wine be pat over the fire, with the Wine, Salt, Ginger, Nutmeg, an Onion, foure or five Cloves of Garlick, a bunch of sweet herbs, viz.

by Occurrences 1%

Her yawn, softly patted by four pink-and-white fingers, was as ingenuous as a kitten's.

around Occurrences 1%

and in her happiness she caught Pat around the neck, giving him a smack, which might have been attributed to the opening of the bottle of whiskey with which Mr. Santon had graced the occasion, had it not been for those great eyes of Winnie, which would discover the accident, in spite of their mistress's endeavors to direct their attention elsewhere.

Which preposition to use with  pats