Which preposition to use with spaced

of Occurrences 1575%

We had brought sufficient provisions to last us for that space of time, and water we could get from the stream.

between Occurrences 471%

In a moment, it had traversed the space between it and the sun.

in Occurrences 383%

I can bear being of small consideration, occupying very little space in the world, but to be stricken out of existence entirely, to possess no legal identity, to be regarded as absolutely nobody, is a thing I don't intend to standmark that, Mr. W.' "'Keep cool, my dear,' said I; 'let us argue this matter.'

for Occurrences 200%

It had been suggested once or twice that I should use it, but as I always had heard a gruesome tale of Madame Drouyn de l'Huys, when her husband was Foreign Minister, hanging in space for four or five hours between the two floors, I was not inclined to repeat that experience.

with Occurrences 103%

Then a long, dreadful silence; then two dull, heavy blows, spaced with deliberation.

to Occurrences 88%

The hour hand moved quickly from space to space.

at Occurrences 74%

Then, for the first time, there flashed across me, the memory that the sun, with its system of planets, was, and had been, traveling through space at an incredible speed.

on Occurrences 64%

We turned from the path into an alley which led to an open space on the edge of a derelict clearing.

before Occurrences 34%

With chin resting on his arms, he stared out over the sill and sought from the space before him, and from the intricacies of his own mind, the hint he lacked to make this present solution of the case satisfactory to all his instincts.

from Occurrences 33%

That's what I came for, not to sit idle in a God-damn cabin and thinkthink" He got up suddenly and strode the tiny space from fire to door, a man transformed, with hands clenching and dark face almost evil.

as Occurrences 30%

For the two second stories were not flush with the front of the house, but reared themselves from several feet behind, so that the occupants of the bedrooms on the first story could have used the intervening space as a balcony.

by Occurrences 29%

Upon the bare canvass of verses of the Qorân that need explanation, the traditionists have embroidered with great boldness scenes suitable to the desires or ideals of their particular group; or, to use a favourite metaphor of Lammens, they fill the empty spaces by a process of stereotyping which permits the critical observer to recognize the origin of each picture.

around Occurrences 29%

The defenders promptly grouped themselves in front of the threatened pole and Seth Davis, the blacksmith, wielding a heavy sledge hammer, did valiant service, clearing a space around him with little difficulty.

behind Occurrences 29%

Clutching Judge Corey by the arm, Maudie pulled him after her into the narrow space behind the head-board and the wall.

above Occurrences 26%

Birds, blinded by the light, whirred and fluttered into the open space above the water, falling helplessly so near Dick that he could have caught and killed a score to surprise Jack with a game breakfast, when he returned.

under Occurrences 24%

Then he sank, to explore more of the space under water.

within Occurrences 22%

When it was found that neither the priest nor the physician could retard the spread or mitigate the intensity of the disorder, the Athenians abandoned themselves to despair, and the space within the walls became a scene of desolating misery.

near Occurrences 21%

With no longer any fear of disturbing them, I arose to my feet, and stepping carefully past their recumbent forms, moved silently aft toward the more open space near the wheel.

without Occurrences 21%

However it may be, we did succeed in crossing that open space without being seen by those who would have delighted in torturing us to death; but it was as if I lived a full lifetime before coming within the deep shadows cast by the walls on the west side, at the point decided upon by Sergeant Corney.

through Occurrences 20%

Thrackles stared into space through eyes drugged with killing.

than Occurrences 16%

No greater hush can reign in the interstellar spaces than in winter on the Yukon.

into Occurrences 16%

Imitation vines crawled about light wooden arches, cutting up the floor space into quiet corners.

like Occurrences 15%

" During the hot months of the year the closeness of the rooms and the attacks of mosquitoes force many a respectable householder to shoulder his bedding and join the great army of street-sleepers, who crowd the footpaths and open spaces like shrouded corpses.

about Occurrences 14%

Nearly at the top of the end wall there had formerly been a ventilator; this, for one reason or another, had been removed, and in the brickwork an open space about a foot square had been left.

beyond Occurrences 13%

When their tired eyes had got accustomed to the mingled smoke and glare, the travellers could see that in the space beyond the card tables, in those back regions where the pianola reigned, there were several couples twirling aboutthe clumsily-dressed miners pirouetting with an astonishing lightness on their moccasined feet.

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