Which preposition to use with rangers

of Occurrences 23%

She resided chiefly at Windsor Lodge, for she held for life the office of ranger of the forest.

in Occurrences 11%

Also, there stood alongside the pole a royal forest ranger in green, with a queer cockaded hat on his head, doing sentry duty.

on Occurrences 7%

You should hear Fred tell of the way men meet in this forest servicesuperintendent meeting ranger on a common ground.

from Occurrences 5%

We couldn't do anything that would save the rangers from defeat.

over Occurrences 4%

So acute is their power of discrimination, that they have been known to trace the footsteps of bush-rangers over mountains and rocks; and, although the individual they have been in pursuit of has walked into the sides of the river as if to cross it, to elude the vigilance of his pursuers, and has swam some distance down and crossed when convenient, yet nothing can deceive them.

at Occurrences 4%

"Are Mrs. Ranger and Miss Ranger at home?" asked he, mistaking her for a servant and eying her dishevelment with an expression which was not lost on her.

to Occurrences 3%

" "I never thought you'd find anybody good enough for you," said Mrs. Ranger to her son that evening.

with Occurrences 3%

Four days after the funeral Janet sent a servant down to Adelaide and to Mrs. Ranger with notes begging them to come to Point Helen for lunch.

about Occurrences 2%

When the two men had explained to the Ranger about the music in the orange grove, Conrad Lagrange related how they had first heard that cry in the night; and how, when they had gone to the neighboring house, they had seen the woman of the disfigured face standing in the doorway.

against Occurrences 2%

Simon Girty, with fife and drum, led a large band of Indians and Detroit rangers against it, only to be beaten off.

under Occurrences 2%

"I'm attached, for the present, to the rangers under Rogers.

with Occurrences 2%

"Let us hope it will bring you out on the right side,and your friends the Rangers with you!" He was gone with the words, silent as a shadow on the wall, and Kelly was left wondering why he had not seized the bearer of evil tidings and kicked the horrible laughter out of him.

among Occurrences 1%

There are four ex-Rangers among you.

along Occurrences 1%

General Henningsen led an attack with part of the foot,taking several of us rangers along in the capacity of couriers, to ride off to Rivas at any important turn of the fight and report to General Walker.

near Occurrences 1%

He also described the fate of the Oriskany prisoners and some bateaux-men taken by Walter Butler's Rangers near Wood Creek; and I could scarcely endure to listen, so horrid were the details of our soldiers' common fate, where Mohawk and Tory, stripped and painted alike, conspired to invent atrocities undreamed of for their wretched victims.

after Occurrences 1%

St. Luc with a formidable force had undertaken a swift march on Albany, but the town had been put in a position of defense, and St. Luc's vanguard had been forced to retreat by a large body of rangers after a severe conflict.

in Occurrences 1%

We soon heard of the arrival of the Illinois Rangers in the Rock River country, also of the progress of the regular force under General Atkinson, in pursuit of the hostile Indians, who, by the reports, were always able to elude their vigilance.

like Occurrences 1%

Thou shouldst be a free and merry ranger like us, lad, for thou art better fitted for the greenwood than for the cobblestones and gray walls of London Town."

for Occurrences 1%

Here it is; you're to raise a regiment of rangers for local defence of the Mohawk district....

Which preposition to use with  rangers