Which preposition to use with potter

about Occurrences 31%

He had lodgings with a widow in a white-washed cottage overlooking the harbour-side, and seemed happy enough there, tending a monster geranium which grew against the house-wall, or pottering about the quay and making friends with the children.

of Occurrences 11%

So writes Miss Potter of the famous Mansion House Relief Funds.

with Occurrences 6%

While he pottered with his fire he looked more than once at the sky in the south-west.

in Occurrences 6%

I mean you hale people; of course, I can only potter in the sun.

over Occurrences 4%

He'll potter over his books' 'You mean to tell me,' I interrupted, 'that those books have all been bought out of his wife's thirty shillings a week?' 'No, no.

around Occurrences 4%

" "What did Drew do yesterday?" "Came up as usual to potter around the old house, I guess, but when he heard about Bard bein' here he changed his mind sudden and went home.

for Occurrences 2%

'Potter for ever,' he said.

at Occurrences 2%

I've got an errand at the garage anyhow, as my dad wants a mechanic sent up to potter at his little runabout, out of commission as usual.

on Occurrences 2%

When they had turned into Moorthorne Road, half-way up whose slope lies the station, she asked a question about a large wooden building from whose interior came wild sounds of shouting and cheering, and learnt that the potters on strike were holding a meeting in the town theatre.

by Occurrences 2%

When I met Clare Potter by chance, a week or two later, on the steps of the National Gallery with another girl, she flushed, bowed, and passed me quickly.

among Occurrences 1%

The child scratched and pottered among the ashes for its pig, which at last it found.

through Occurrences 1%

Furthermore, as I have already said, he is a musician of no mean order, and I know of no greater pleasure than that of sitting by his side while he "potters through a score," as he puts it.

to Occurrences 1%

Finding that he would not be able to get rid of the Potter by any such devices, the Raja then persuaded the faithless wife to put the Potter to death.

above Occurrences 1%

Evermore we hear the voice of the potter above the hum and grind of his wheel.

Which preposition to use with  potter