Which preposition to use with runnings

of Occurrences 84%

" "Ifif you keep running around till all hours of the night, with me and ma waiting up for you, kicking up rows and getting your name insinuated in the newspapers as 'the tall, handsome blonde,' II'm going to throw up my job, I am, and you can pay double your share for the running of this flat.

for Occurrences 7%

Here was he, the recalcitrant, wavering on the point of playing for the school, and here was Psmith, the last person whom he would have expected to be a player, stating calmly that he had been in the running for a place in the Eton eleven.

to Occurrences 6%

Seldom indeed had the old hall despite its many years, seen such a running to and fro, heard such a patter of flying feet, such merry voices, such gay, and heart-felt laughter.

after Occurrences 5%

But this mating season there was no running after the doe or the caribou, or mingling with the wild pack.

off Occurrences 4%

From a wreck at sea or on shore a man may be rescued with his life, and so by the running off the track by the railroad car, the majority of passengers will be saved; but from a fall some thousands, or only hundreds, of feet through the air, not one would escape death....

along Occurrences 3%

And so Daddy Blake and the children skated down to the end of the lake, Roly-Poly running along with them.

with Occurrences 2%

Amen, God send it short enough, and me A safe running with these clothes from thee.

at Occurrences 2%

As we have already observed, measles are always characterized by the running at the nose and eyes, and great oppression of breathing; so, in the mode of treatment, two objects are to be held especially in view; first, to unload the congested state of the lungs,the cause of the oppressed breathing; and, secondly, to act vigorously, both during the disease and afterwards, on the bowels.

from Occurrences 2%

And do you know, I'll bet I was three hours a-running from hell to breakfast before I caught that hoss where he was feedin' in a narrow draw.

in Occurrences 2%

But I am not going to be dropped out of the running in that way, just in deference to his will.

into Occurrences 2%

"To prevent its running into another.

on Occurrences 2%

Holland experimented with water-gas in the furnace of a locomotive running on the Long Island Railroad.

about Occurrences 1%

And it was so beautiful today, how beautiful the running about this evening after school would be!

out Occurrences 1%

Here a small sandy bay with a sufficient depth of water close inshore, was, after a minute examination by Captain Stanley, considered to be well adapted to the running out of a jetty, alongside of which the largest steamer could lie in perfect safety.

outside Occurrences 1%

I then played in a court we had at home, which was not very good; gooseberry bushes prevented our running outside the court at all.

over Occurrences 1%

When occurring they are more often than not the result of direct injury, as, for example, violent blows, the trapping of the foot in railway points, the running over of the foot with a heavily-laden waggon, or violent kicking against a gate or a wall.

than Occurrences 1%

The tests of the Federated Ski Clubs of Great Britain have done more to raise the standard of our running than anything else imaginable.

as Occurrences 1%

In his own Line this Oliver was as neat and easy-running as a Red Buggy, but when you started him on the topic of Music he was about as light and speedy as a Steam Roller.

towards Occurrences 1%

"Señor Jack, we will go now, if this wicked caballo of mine will consent to do his running towards home.

up Occurrences 1%

The running up of the beans on the poles and the entwining of their vines was "thought emblematical of their approaching union and bondage."

by Occurrences 1%

He liked Arthur, but estimated him by his accent and his dress, and so thought him probably handicapped out of the running by those years of training for a career of polite uselessness.

Which preposition to use with  runnings