Which preposition to use with plate

of Occurrences 551%

Its rivers were like small filaments of silver; the Red Sea resembled a narrow plate of the same metal.

with Occurrences 156%

Line a pie-plate with a rich pie-dough.

in Occurrences 111%

He must be a man who, when night overtakes him, will be thankful if he can find a bunk and a plate in a miner's cabin; he must travel much, and therefore cannot be cumbered with extra trappingsmust dress as the miners do, and accept their food and fare.

on Occurrences 72%

It was very bare of furniture; only some gold plate on a sideboard; some folios; and a stand of armor between the windows.

for Occurrences 67%

Larry made an etching of it and mounted the plate for a double column picture.

at Occurrences 53%

The man, in less than ten minutes, unscrewed a plate at the farther end, and fixed on an air-pump, made for the purpose, on which the door of the stove suddenly slammed to.

from Occurrences 46%

When she lifted her plates from the water one saw the wet weed shine; higher up it clung, parched and dry, to the red iron, although there were clean belts where the stuff was scraped away.

by Occurrences 42%

One spot, denuded of trees, from two to three hundred paces in breadth and about five hundred in length, was, with the exception of a few places overgrown with turf, covered with a crust of silicious dross, which here and there formed large connected areas, but was generally broken up into flaky plates by the vertical springs which pierced it.

to Occurrences 35%

The Godwins also issued some or all of the Tales separately at sixpence each (the two ordinary volumes cost eight shillings) with three plates to each, of a different design from those in the two-volume edition.

over Occurrences 12%

The instant they are done, take them up into a colander, place a plate over them, let them thoroughly drain, dish, and serve.

before Occurrences 12%

They ate as they best could, one standing, another on a chair, one at a table, another astride on his bench, with his plate before him, "as at a ball-room supper," a dandy of the Right said laughingly, Thuriot de la Rosière, son of the regicide Thuriot.

into Occurrences 9%

The strong built man then dived deeply into one of his coat pockets, and fetched out of it a small paper parcel, flung it upon a form close by, seized a soup plate into which he crumbled a slice of bread, then got a double- handled pewter pot, into which he poured some water, and afterwards sat down as generalissimo of the business.

out Occurrences 5%

The shop was a little hut with an earthen floor, a pair of scales, and one shelf crowded with brass things, made, not for the European market, but for the daily use of the people, such as drinking-vesselslota is the pretty nameand big brass plates out of which they eat their rice and dhalbat.

under Occurrences 5%

[Descent of one of the earth's crustal plates under another plate] subduction

inside Occurrences 4%

As, for instance, when he had first come back to Sellanraa a couple of weeks ago, he had brought with him his light spring overcoat, though it was midsummer; and when he hung it up on a nail, he might just as well have turned it so as to show the silver plate inside with his initials, but he didn't.

within Occurrences 4%

Between two of the bookcases hung a looking-glass, presenting its high and dusty plate within a tarnished gilt frame.

between Occurrences 4%

Where the priming arises from an insufficient amount of steam room, it may be mitigated by putting a higher pressure upon the boiler and working more expansively, or by the interposition of a perforated plate between the boiler and the steam chest, which breaks the ascending water and liberates the steam.

after Occurrences 4%

Report hath it that Joe's "translation" of the sacred plates is substantially a paraphrase of a romance written by one Solomon Spalding; but the Mormons, or rather the members of "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints," deny this, and say that at least eleven persons saw the original plates after transcription.

without Occurrences 3%

He also discovered that the intensity and power of the electric current were materially augmented by increasing the number of the series of battery plates without increasing the quantity of metal used in their construction.

against Occurrences 3%

It stands in the south aisle, with an inscription on a brass plate against the wall, underneath which is an altar tomb covered with a slab of black marble, on which are the effigies, in brass, of Robert Rampton, and his wife Margaret, who died in 1590.

behind Occurrences 3%

In more recent engines, and especially in those of large size, Messrs. Penn employ for the piston packing a single metallic ring with tongue piece and indented plate behind the joint; and this ring is packed behind with hemp squeezed by the junk ring as in ordinary hemp-packed pistons.

than Occurrences 3%

The dining parlour was more splendid with gilt plate than any that I have seen.

like Occurrences 2%

But I like not so well that thou hast stolen the Sheriff's plate like some paltry thief.

about Occurrences 2%

" Some months after she became ungovernablethrew plates about, and snatched caps from the heads of other women who looked at her lord in public places.

through Occurrences 2%

On deck it was very hot and he felt the warmth of the iron plates through his slippers.

Which preposition to use with  plate