Which preposition to use with sketching

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For perhaps another hour we wandered onward, chatting quietly and comfortably on this and that matter, and on several occasions stopping while my companionwho is something of an artistmade rough sketches of striking bits of the wild scenery.

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From a sketch by Anton von Werner, 1880.]

in Occurrences 139%

In the mean time I had to be content with photographs on my mind and sketches in my note-books.

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| | | | ORIGINAL ARTICLES, | | | | Suitable for the paper, and Original Designs, or suggestive | | ideas or sketches for illustrations, upon the topics of the | | day, are always acceptable, and will be paid for liberally.

from Occurrences 68%

" We cannot better conclude our description than with a sketch from Sir Richard Phillips's "Morning's Walk to Kew."

with Occurrences 40%

Sketching with the hand of a master....

on Occurrences 30%

WAUGH'S. Norbreck: A Sketch on the Lancashire Coast.

as Occurrences 15%

Thomas Wilson, in his Arte of Rhetorique, gives a Theophrastian character sketch as an illustration of the figure descriptio.

at Occurrences 14%

The plot of the story was sketched at length, and in the brain of the writer it was complete; but no hand save his own could give it life and form: it must remain an unfinished work.

to Occurrences 11%

In his statement Sir Henry made it very clear that the issue was confined to the relations between the two Houses:"Let me point out that the plan which I have sketched to the House does not in the least preclude or prejudice any proposals which may be made for the reform of the House of Lords.

into Occurrences 6%

Miss Manning (who was the author of Flemish Interiors) helps to fill out Lamb's sketch into a full-length portrait.

than Occurrences 5%

It is more of a character sketch than a short story, the incidents and characters being bound together by a common relation to Rab.

before Occurrences 3%

"What I have sketched before you," said Mr. Gandhi, "is the final possibility.

near Occurrences 3%

I made a little sketch near Contoocook Falls yesterday.

among Occurrences 3%

I have been now several days loitering and sketching among the ruins, and I feel as if I could willingly wander for months beside these mournful relics, and draw inspiration from the lofty yet melancholy lore they teach.

under Occurrences 3%

I will bury his infamous sketches under the floor.

out Occurrences 2%

"My dear uncle," she says, "while Clive is sketching out of the window, let me write to you a line or two on his paper, though I know you like to hear no one speak but him.

as Occurrences 2%

GUPTILL, ARTHUR L. Sketching as a hobby.

like Occurrences 2%

The fire, if such it could be called, ran with incredible rapidity along the seams between the planks, forward and aft, until the entire deck was sketched like a pyrotechnic display in thin, vivid lines of incandescence.

of Occurrences 2%

For the preliminary sketching of characters that might serve as types in fiction, read The Spectator, No. 2, by Steele.

on Occurrences 1%

Dr. Wilson Sketching on the Beardmore 348 (Photo by Capt. R. F. Scott)

amidst Occurrences 1%

Monday, September 18.It was impossible to get our boats up the river yesterday, so I spent the day sketching amidst the most picturesque, but horribly smelly, part of the town; much quinine in the evening seemed desirable as a counterblast to possible malaria.

amongst Occurrences 1%

" I reminded him of his conversation with Napoleon, of which I knew by the sketch amongst his unpublished papers, which I had repeatedly urged him to give more in detail.

behind Occurrences 1%

" She put the sketch behind her back.

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From the amount thus allowed to Mr. Tompkins after deducting the sum paid him under the act of the present session and the moneys charged to his account there will remain a balance due him of $60,238.46, as appears by the sketch herewith communicated.

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