Which preposition to use with quarry

of Occurrences 71%

Closely, without sound, followed the watcher, and the two, like man and shadow, went out from the house into the quarry of the moon-eyed black leopard.

in Occurrences 21%

But you must be resourceful enough to keep after your quarry in spite of the omission of a vowel or two.

at Occurrences 18%

His manner would forcibly remind one of the nervous tension that seizes upon the hounds when the scent grows strong, and they anticipate coming in sight of their quarry at any moment.

from Occurrences 15%

The Colonel, Potts, and the Boy selected the stone, and brought it on a rude litter out of a natural quarry from a place a mile or more away up on the bare mountain-side.

for Occurrences 13%

His great sin was one which he shared with all his brother-popes, that he boldly treated the antique ruins of the city as quarries for his new buildings, not without protest and remonstrance from many, yet with the calm of a mind preoccupied and seeing nothing so great and important as the work upon which his own heart was set.

to Occurrences 9%

Assured now of having run his quarry to earth, he took a wolfish joy from the moment.

near Occurrences 7%

In 1859, very shortly before the raid at Harpers Ferry, Douglass met Brown by appointment, in an abandoned stone quarry near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

with Occurrences 6%

No wonder wolves are intelligent in avoiding every trap and in hunting together to outwit some fleet-footed quarry with unbelievable cunning.

on Occurrences 6%

A little past noon, on Friday, I set out to visit the great stone quarries on the southern edge of the town, where upwards of six hundred of the more robust factory operatives are employed in the lighter work of the quarries.

out Occurrences 5%

To treat a poem as a mere quarry out of which a particularly smooth stone can be chipped is to misinterpret poetry.

by Occurrences 4%

" After a month another essay was made upon a northward-bound caravan by Sa'd, again without success, for he had miscalculated dates and missed his quarry by some days.

into Occurrences 4%

Of course, it must be the same chalk quarry into which the underground passage of Grosbois opened, and no doubt during his treasonable meetings with my uncle he had learned the secret.

through Occurrences 3%

But the Beni Ghatafan were too wise to suffer this, and when Mahomet came to the place he found it deserted, save for some camels, left behind in the flight, which he captured and brought to Medina, deeming it useless to attempt the pursuit of his quarry through the trackless desert.

past Occurrences 2%

What sounds are on the mountain blast? Like bullet from the arbalast, Was it the hunted quarry past Right up Ben-ledi's side?

without Occurrences 1%

" A large proportion of the prisoners work in a stone quarry without the walls; and the most painful sight I saw at Sing Sing were the sentinels placed on prominent points commanding the prison, with loaded muskets and fixed bayonets, who have orders at once to shoot a convict who may attempt to escape, if he does not obey the order to return.

behind Occurrences 1%

The Turks now began to develop a serious opposition to the 180th Brigade from a quarry behind Deir Yesin and from a group of houses forming part of what is known as the Syrian colony, nearly a mile from the Deir Yesin system.

down Occurrences 1%

questioned Mrs. Ingleton, with the air of a ferret pursuing its quarry down a hole.

like Occurrences 1%

" Accompanied by the deeply interested sheriff, who was beginning to sniff his quarry like the old bloodhound he was, Racey crossed to the barroom door.

throughout Occurrences 1%

An immense quantity is quarried throughout the valley, and is sent down the Rhine to Holland, where it is in great request for building.

up Occurrences 1%

The "craggy hill" referred to in the lines 'Now he leaves the lower ground, And up the craggy hill ascending ... Steep the way and wearisome,' is the road from Rydal Quarry up to White Moss Common, with the Glowworm rock on the right, and the "two heath-clad rocks," referred to in the last of the "Poems on the Naming of Places," on the left.

around Occurrences 1%

Most of the people of that district gained their livelihood in the stone-quarries around Settignano and Maiano on the hillside of Fiesole.

Which preposition to use with  quarry