Which preposition to use with piled

of Occurrences 1555%

Inside, I stood, trying to understand what it meantwhat that little pile of dust and dry bones, on the carpet, meant.

on Occurrences 133%

He was standing bolt upright with his back to the wind, a tuft of snow piled on his square shoulders, a monument of passive endurance.

in Occurrences 94%

If you'll listen a moment, may be you'll find that he has a friend in the neighborhood now who will drive a pile in another place.

with Occurrences 73%

She dropped, even in her hat and jacket, against the divan piled with fat-looking satin cushions.

into Occurrences 34%

In a moment, the reserves came tumbling out, struggling into their coats; there was a clatter of hoofs in the street as the wagon dashed up; the reserves piled into it, permitting me to crowd in beside them, Grady jumped to the seat beside the driver, and we were off at a gallop, our gong waking the echoes of the silent street.

to Occurrences 20%

Like a poor starveling I wander in the haunts of wealth where the buildings are piled to forty stories, and I spin out the ciphers in my brain in an endeavor to compute the amount that is laid up inside.

at Occurrences 17%

Copps's "Mining" and the two works on "Parliamentary Law" piled at the end of the box served as a pillow.

for Occurrences 17%

He now attempts to approach the pile for the purpose of rescuing her, but is forcibly held back until the wretched Veenah is enveloped in flames.

against Occurrences 15%

Fresh bark was in the tanner's vat, and the fresh chopped lightwood stood piled against the baker's oven.

around Occurrences 13%

How terribly they carried out that purpose the number of rebel slain piled around the vicinity of his body fearfully attest.

above Occurrences 11%

Patsy made a rush for it, but before she could reach the table half a dozen more papers had been piled above it, and gathering speed the great press hummed busily and the pile of Tribunes grew as if by magic.

from Occurrences 10%

They cannot pierce through iron, however, and so iron plates or nails are used to protect the piles from their onslaughts.

about Occurrences 10%

Mrs. B.'s and Mrs. Trimmer's nonsense lay in piles about.

before Occurrences 10%

Ants and ground squirrels were getting ready for their summer work, rubbing their benumbed limbs, and sunning themselves on the husk-piles before their doors, and spiders were busy mending their old webs, or weaving new ones.

like Occurrences 9%

In some places, where the lines had made a stand, they lay in piles like winrows of hay, while the intervals between were more thinly sprinkled.

By Occurrences 8%

Was it our ancient wall, the circuit piled By loving Gods, so savagely hath rent Thy curls, these little flowers innocent That were thy mother's garden, where she laid Her kisses; here, just where the bone-edge frayed Grins white aboveAh heaven, I will not see!

over Occurrences 8%

During the summer they explored the coast of Venezuela ("Little Venice"), a name first given by Ojeda to a gulf of the Caribbean Sea, on the shores of which were cabins built on piles over the water, reminding him of Venice in Italy.

along Occurrences 7%

"There were holes in the ceiling of the nave and sparks began to fall through them into a great heap of straw, ten feet high and twenty yards long, which the Germans had piled along the north aisle.

beside Occurrences 5%

A little group of men with picks, shovels, and wheelbarrows were reducing the "dump" of winter pay, piled beside a windlass, conveying it to the sluices.

behind Occurrences 4%

And the great barns were piled behind it, long roof-trees, steep, mouse-coloured slopes and peaks above grey walls.

near Occurrences 4%

Boxes and sacks were piled near the wharf, and from over behind the hills, with startling nearness, came the nervous Crack... crack... crack-crack-crack!

during Occurrences 3%

On April 17, 1498, a scaffold, dreadful to look on, was erected in the public square of Florence; two piles of large pieces of wood, mixed with fagots and broom, which should quickly take fire, extended each eighty feet long, four feet thick, and five feet high; they were separated by a narrow space of two feet, to serve as a passage by which the two priests were to enter and pass the whole length of the piles during the fire.

as Occurrences 3%

Against a very large wooden tower which was brought up to the town, the Roman consul raised up another considerably higher from the wall itself; for he had made use of the wall, which was pretty high of itself, as a platform, placing strong piles as supports.

out Occurrences 3%

I didn't count on gettin' a big pile out of old Groppeltacker,it wasn't likely he was that kind of a man,but whatever I did get would be clean profit, and I might as well try it on.

under Occurrences 3%

The boxes of lunch were neatly piled under a tree, and sweaters were left with them, for it was comfortably warm even in the shadiest spots.

Which preposition to use with  piled