Which preposition to use with roads

to Occurrences 2130%

She reached the road to the village before the men did.

from Occurrences 510%

The next day he assigned me to duty on the road from Red Buttes on the North Platte, to the Three Crossings of the Sweetwatera distance of seventy-six milesand I began riding at once.

in Occurrences 488%

No sensible man would think of travellin' that road in a little craft like mine, unless he'd made up his mind to see how it would seem to be drowned, or smashed to pieces agin the rocks.

of Occurrences 436%

the military roads of Chili and Peru?

for Occurrences 257%

I had left the main wagon road some distance to the south, and had traveled parallel with it, thinking this to be a safer course, as the Indians might be lying in wait on the main road for dispatch bearers and scouts.

with Occurrences 235%

We drove about a great dealthe country at the back of Deauville, going away from the sea, is lovelyvery like Englandcharming narrow roads with high banks and hedges on each sidebig trees with spreading branches meeting overheadstretches of green fields with cows grazing placidly and horses and colts gambolling about.

at Occurrences 195%

For the first half-mile several of the horses led Brigham, but on the second mile he began passing them one after the other, and on the third mile he was in advance of them all, and was showing them all the road at a lively rate.

on Occurrences 186%

Bailey (1730-6) has 'to Pad ... to rob on the road on foot.'

by Occurrences 174%

Every fossil which takes an intermediate place between forms of life already known, may be said, so far as it is intermediate, to be evidence in favour of evolution, inasmuch as it shows a possible road by which evolution may have taken place.

between Occurrences 173%

Carleton had been sleeping in his clothes at the Recollets', night after night, so that he might be first on parade at the general rendezvous on the Place d'Armes, which stood near the top of Mountain Hill, the only road between the Upper and the Lower Town.

through Occurrences 165%

There were no easy roads through the jungles, and wild animals were always there ready to kill the careless traveler.

into Occurrences 98%

They struggled on after their guide as best they could, till he turned out of the high road into a lane; and thankful were they when he stopped, and, pushing open a gate that creaked on rusty hinges, led them up a narrow, gravelled pathway to a small, bare house, flanked on either side by some dreary bushes of evergreens.

towards Occurrences 91%

So they passed down Ripon Road towards the heart of the City.

toward Occurrences 76%

They spent some time in getting enough provisions to last for a time and to supplement what had been sent from North Bend; then, in half an hour more, with their luggage coming on behind, they were lumbering off over a very rocky road toward the house at Cherry Corners.

over Occurrences 73%

Where then were the iron roads over which the locomotive goes thundering on its mission of civilization?

before Occurrences 63%

In these days of rapid travelling and telephone, an ambassador's role is much less important than in the old days when an ambassador with his numerous suite of secretaries and servants, travelling by post, would be days on the road before reaching his destination, and when all sorts of things might happen, kingdoms and dynasties be overthrown in the interval.

along Occurrences 51%

About the middle of September the Indians became very troublesome on the line of the stage road along the Sweetwater.

across Occurrences 48%

The Sergeant spat on the road; they resumed their way, pursuing the road across the heath.

near Occurrences 48%

You remember the other day, when we left the rest to go through the swamp road near Williamsburg, we were hailed by a patrol, and if Vincent hadn't been within reach we would have been sent to the provost prison.

without Occurrences 39%

The sea-sage was the one who could toss upon the swan-road without fear.

behind Occurrences 33%

"I think this thing'll work nowfor a spell, anyhow," Shade Buckheath's voice sounded sharply from the road behind them.

under Occurrences 31%

The hill on which it stands was well occupied by men under cover of thick stone walls, the convent gardens on the opposite side of the highway was packed with Turkish infantry, and across the deep valley to the west were guns and riflemen on another hill, all of them holding the road under the best possible observation.

as Occurrences 28%

He had in his pocket an ingenious little invention which he had exhibited all along the road as an indispensable article in every well-kept house.

than Occurrences 28%

But you that have trudged over more roads than any muleteer that plies for hire, you must have come across the people of Lyons, and you must know that it is a far cry from Xanthus to the Rhone."

out Occurrences 26%

The great frozen road out of sight below, road that came winding, winding down out of the Arctic Circlewhat other highway so majestic, mysterious?shining and beckoning on.

Which preposition to use with  roads