Which preposition to use with shirt

of Occurrences 96%

The Boy contributed a shirt of his own, and helped Mac to put it on the incredibly thin little figure.

with Occurrences 50%

He says his father's got a heap of pelts (you could get things for your collection, Mac), and he's got two reindeer-skin shirts with hoods'parkis,' you know, like the others are wearing" They were quite near now.

on Occurrences 44%

That no man weare foule shirt on Sunday, nor broken hose or shooes, or dublett without buttons, on paine of 1d.

for Occurrences 27%

His mother had given him a couple of neckcloths, and carefully made some little shirts for him; but when her Samuel came to see the widow, they were replaced by much finer linen.

in Occurrences 26%

I was washing my shirt in the hot water spring when he came bolting out of the laboratory and keeled me over.

to Occurrences 20%

I turned all the cuffs on your shirts to-day, Harry.

from Occurrences 13%

No one paid any attention to any one else With a strangled cry the sailor cast the shirt from him "Sorry not to have met you at the door," he said courteously PART ONE

at Occurrences 12%

That's a sample of you Thurstonians!" "Look here!" shouted the boy alluded to, springing out of bed, and appearing in his night-shirt at the opposite end of the dormitory.

off Occurrences 8%

" "You'd give the shirt off your back, Blutch; that's why we can't ever have a nest-egg as long as you're playin' stakes.

into Occurrences 7%

Near the zenith now, the sun was a bulging furnace eye, piercing through shirts into the flesh and sucking the very moisture of the veins.

over Occurrences 7%

The men wear wide drawers with the pink shirt over them; the women have a chemise reaching to the calf of the leg, dirty and coarse, an apron round the waist, sometimes so scanty or so ragged that it will not meet, and a handkerchief tied in a slovenly manner on the head.

without Occurrences 5%

A plain shirt without "frills or furbelows"if any trimming at all, tucks are the neatesta collar, tie, and waistband, go to make an outfit as comfortable and suitable as you could possibly desire.

as Occurrences 4%

He was no less amazed at our colour and dress, as his nation mostly go stark naked, or with a single white cotton shirt as their sole dress.

by Occurrences 4%

The rough tweed walking-suit had been replaced by a modest and commonplace blue serge, the cap and heavy brown boots by a straw boater and plain black shoes, the loose-throated flannel shirt by one of plain linen with stiff cuffs and a fold collar and neat foulard tie.

out Occurrences 3%

For the boys from five to fifteen years old, they would make long shirts out of this cloth.

beneath Occurrences 3%

Around the coat he had fastened his belt, and the shirt beneath the coat was common flannel, open at the throat.

above Occurrences 3%

My coat was off in an instant, and I rolled the sleeve of my shirt above my elbow, the better to have it out of the way.

like Occurrences 2%

The description which follows is by Stansbury, and relates to the Sioux: I put on my moccasins, and, displaying my wet shirt like a flag to the wind, we proceeded to the lodges which had attracted our curiosity.

down Occurrences 2%

But as science remained deaf to his protests, he hastened to get first pick of the regulation suits and shoes, and when fairly satisfied with the fit, he bit private marks on their various parts, helped to put on Looney's waistcoat wrong way before, split Alfred's shirt down the back to test its age, and with an emphatic remark upon the perversity of mortal things, marched stoically up to the school with the rest of the little band.

underneath Occurrences 2%

" When they sighted timber that commended itself to the woodman, if he thought well of it, why, he just dropped the sled-rope without a word, pulled the axe out of the lashing, trudged up the hillside, holding the axe against his shirt underneath his parki, till he reached whatever tree his eye had marked for his own.

about Occurrences 1%

The shrimpers listened to the cowman, who had tied the sleeve of his shirt about his bloody head.

behind Occurrences 1%

He walks so fast that his shirt stands out like a very angry shirt behind him.

before Occurrences 1%

Then came prorogation for a fortnight and another hybrid ministry, known to New Zealand history as the "Clean-Shirt Ministry," because its leader ingenuously informed Parliament that when asked by the Governor to form an administration, he had gone upstairs to put on a clean shirt before presenting himself at Government House.

among Occurrences 1%

On this occasion, also, he made a formal act of possession of these territories for his majesty, under the governor of Cuba; and, having distributed some European shirts among the principal natives, we all returned on board.

towards Occurrences 1%

They accordingly landed, and proceeded according to their vow barefooted and in their shirts towards the hermitage; but the governor and many people from the town, who lay in ambush, suddenly rushed out upon them and made them all prisoners, taking away their boat at the same time, without which they believed it impossible for the admiral to get away from thence.

Which preposition to use with  shirt