Which preposition to use with porch

of Occurrences 147%

" Rubbing his skull quite dismally, the prospective pedestrian goes straightway to the porch of the Alms-House, and there waits until his sister comes down in her bonnet and joins him.

with Occurrences 45%

One drawback to Peggy's delight in these transformations was the fact that it took the paint a night and a day to dry thoroughly, and during this period of waiting he would sit upon his porch with the wooden foot tenderly resting upon the raila helpless prisoner.

in Occurrences 37%

Of evenings he would sit on the porch in his broad, rush-bottomed chair, the big yellow cat on his knees, and smoke his pipe and, if he cared to do so, banter unkindly with the girls on the steps.

at Occurrences 22%

II Sunset was approaching on the following afternoon when Rudolph Musgrave, fresh from Lichfield,whither, as has been recorded, the bringing out of the July number of the Lichfield Historical Associations Quarterly Magazine had called him,came out on the front porch at Matocton.

on Occurrences 17%

Near the great porch on either side of the bishop's path were ranged the seminarists, in cassocks of black with a dark blue or red hooddepressing looking youths with flaccid faces and an unhealthy eye.

to Occurrences 13%

The western chamber was originally in two stages, the lower acting as a porch to the church, the upper as a chapel with an altar under the Saxon rood.

for Occurrences 10%

A porch for entrance, and a recess similar at the opposite end, which makes the place for the speakers.

as Occurrences 8%

He had been sitting out on the porch as usual when he called out to me and told me you had smiled at him.

before Occurrences 7%

"The sweet-breads hez cum, Miss Di-an," she said, appearing in the porch before her mistress.

FROM Occurrences 5%

MICHAEL'S FROM THE NORTH-WEST 28 INTERIOR OF THE TOWER FROM BELOW 31 THE WEST PORCH 33 SOUTH PORCH FROM ST.

without Occurrences 4%

Upon the painted porch without Two women stood, and whispered low, They thought "she'd go out with the day," They said, "the Deacon's wife went so.

across Occurrences 4%

Marshall McMahon McNutt, familiarly known as "Peggy" McNuttbecause he had once lost a foot in a mowing machineand who was alleged to be a real estate agent, horse doctor, fancy poultry breeder and palmist, and who also dabbled in the sale of subscription books, life insurance, liniment and watermelons, quickly slid off his front porch across the way and sauntered into Cotting's to participate in the excitement.

over Occurrences 4%

The porch over the doorway was erected in the 13th century, and is of the Transition style, utterly incongruous to the use now made of it; but this kind of sacrilege is unhappily now becoming of common occurrence!

after Occurrences 3%

This afternoon, as I came out on my porch after dinner, feeling content with myself and all the world, I saw a man driving our way in a one-horse top-buggy.

into Occurrences 3%

" He took her by the elbows and pushed her out of the door to the chair on the porch into which she sank, red of face and out of breath.

between Occurrences 2%

This much is certain: there was something universal and primal about the battle waged this quiet afternoon on my porch between Mr. Caldwell and me; it was the primal struggle between the leader and the follower; between the representative and the represented.

behind Occurrences 2%

Another fat old slave led Sextus to a porch behind the house and through that to a library extremely bare of furniture but lined with shelves on which rolled manuscripts were stacked in tagged and numbered order; they were dusty, as if Galen used them very little nowadays.

during Occurrences 2%

The day was warm so we sat on the front porch during the interview.

by Occurrences 2%

I guess most everybody at the camp was up on the porch by now, and there were a lot crowding on the spring-board.

toward Occurrences 1%

Once, the dog rose quietly, and, walking sedately to the edge of the porch toward the west, stood for some minutes gazing intently into the dark green mass of the orange grave.

under Occurrences 1%

In the porch under the façade of St Peter's are two marble statues on horseback, one at each end of the porch: they represent Constantine the Great and Charlemagne, the two great benefactors of the holy Catholic Church; the one, in fact, its founder, the other its preserver.

until Occurrences 1%

Sometimes the two would stay out on the rustic porch until a late hour gazing out over the luminous sea sparkling under the splendor of the moon, or streaked with a slender wake of starry light in the murky nights.

than Occurrences 1%

It being more pleasant on the porch than in the house, Mr Croft invited his visitor to take a seat there, and the latter very kindly accepted the cigar which was offered him, although he would have preferred the pipe he had in his pocket.

within Occurrences 1%

At the break of day the Apaches gave a whoop, and disappeared with the entire herd before the astonished gaze of five watchmen, who were sleeping under a porch within thirty yards.

above Occurrences 1%

I sat on the little porch above the river bank, by the wall of blossoming creeper whose tendrils she had once embraced, bringing her cheek intrepidly against the blossoms of that year, and saw him come slowly up the path.

Which preposition to use with  porch