Which preposition to use with shelves

of Occurrences 203%

After a morning of up-stairs and down-stairs and in and out of chambers, Mrs. Kaufman, enveloped in a long-sleeved apron still angular with starch, hung up the telephone receiver in the hall just beneath the staircase and entered her bedroom, sitting down rather heavily beside the open shelf of her desk.

in Occurrences 82%

We climbed again, and from the tinkle of the stream on my left I judged that we were ascending to a higher shelf in the glen.

with Occurrences 41%

To this day it is likely that a last auspicated volume still sits on its shelf with the spice jars in some English country kitchen and that a worn and toothless cook still thumbs its leaves.

for Occurrences 31%

He had to take the greatest care of himself, and to avoid arguing on politics or religion or anything like that, for a kick on the shins would be sure to break one of his legs, which would lay him on the shelf for a couple of months.

on Occurrences 26%

" The search, however, proved fruitless; and, what was worse, in turning over the contents of the shed, Acton discovered that a bull's-eye lantern belonging to himself had disappeared from the shelf on which it usually stood; while Mugford declared that a box of compasses, which he had brought down a few days before to draw a pattern on a piece of board, was also missing.

above Occurrences 17%

" They left their packs just inside the door of the log-cabin, indicated as "Bunk House for the men on No. 6, Above"a fearsome place, where, on shelf above shelf, among long unwashed bedclothes, the unwashed workmen of a prosperous company lay in the stupor of sore fatigue and semi-asphyxiation.

at Occurrences 15%

It is there on the shelf at my bedside, and while God gives me life I will read in no other.

to Occurrences 13%

Slowly the man worked his way downward, from shelf to shelf, and began to sound the bottom plates, wholly oblivious of the fascinated gaze of the two young girls.

over Occurrences 9%

" He leaned his head against the end of the shelf over the fire, and said no more.

behind Occurrences 9%

Let us turn for light to old Anselm de Boot: that is he in pig-skin on the shelf behind the bronze Hera.' I handed the volume to Zaleski.

before Occurrences 6%

Then he would fence and lunge with his walking-stick at some special book which he had picked out on the shelves before him.

by Occurrences 6%

"You'll find a package on that shelf by the door.

against Occurrences 6%

The apple-john is that mysterious leathery fruit, sold more often from a stand than from a cart, which leans at the rear of the shelf against the peppermint jars.

under Occurrences 5%

" "Daggers and dirks!" exploded Katherine, nearly falling off the shelf under the stress of her emotion.

beside Occurrences 5%

As for the book-shelf beside the chimley, sirexactly three foot three,sunk in a recessheight, the third button o' my coat,capacity, fourteen books.

from Occurrences 5%

In the cupboard there are certain shelves from which anything may be taken, and some from which nothing may be taken without leave.

near Occurrences 5%

At seven o'clock in the morning the jailer came in, wished the Representative "Good-morning," made him get up, and rolled up the hammock on its shelf near the ceiling.

for Occurrences 4%

I rather think I am going to be shelved for six months.

out Occurrences 3%

Professor Foote and I had to dig a shelf out of the steep hillside in order to pitch our tent.

among Occurrences 3%

Lord DUNSANY has a happy trick of compressing a great deal into a little space, and his vignettes, sketched in with a conscious art, should find a place on our shelves among the war records which our children are to read.

around Occurrences 3%

There were shelves around the walls, but they were filled with rubber boots, guns, baskets of letters, a few books, miscellaneous articles of clothing and some empty tobacco jars.

with Occurrences 2%

Sir Robert was forced to give up the contest and be shelved with a peerage.

as Occurrences 2%

"Smiling made Easy" or the "Complete Art of Looking Good-natured" would be as taking titles on book-sellers' shelves as "The Complete Letter-writer" or "Handbook of Behavior."

between Occurrences 2%

And I looked round at the high shelves between the long windows.

inside Occurrences 2%

He set up a pair of shelves inside the house, as an excellent place to keep various things, such as an almanache had bought one at lastand ladles and vessels not in use.

Which preposition to use with  shelves