Which preposition to use with spot

of Occurrences 681%

At a tremendous distance below, the arena showed, dimly; with the mighty House looking no larger than a tiny spot of green.

in Occurrences 614%

I think the most delightful political position in the world must be "leader of the opposition"you have no responsibilities, can concentrate all your energies in pointing out the weak spots in your adversary's armour, and have always your work cut out for you, for as soon as one ministry falls, you can set to work to demolish its successor, which seems the most interesting occupation possible.

on Occurrences 571%

These are the features of this beautiful sheet of water, which none see but to admire, none visit but to praise; and it lies here all alone, surrounded by the old hills and forests, bold bluffs, and rocky shores, all as God made them, with no mark of the hand of man about it, save in a single spot on a secluded bay, where lives a solitary family in a log house, surrounded by an acre or two, from which the forest has been cleared away.

for Occurrences 193%

Common spot for the aurora.

with Occurrences 186%

It had a collar of the same deep blue, spotted with whitea birdseye effect.

at Occurrences 111%

Now when you remember that all around the lake was a wilderness, save a single spot at the head of the bay, where Martin's house stands, three or four miles distant, and when you remember also that no boat might be passing during the next twenty-four hours, you will comprehend that his position was none of the pleasantest.

from Occurrences 90%

Five minutes later, I stood on the spot from which I had started; having been completely 'round, what I guessed now to be a vast pit, the mouth of which must be at least a hundred yards across.

as Occurrences 53%

Sometimes they cut the tree down, sometimes they plucked it up, and cast it to a distance, but it grew again on the same spot as at first.

to Occurrences 52%

The summer outing means carrying the family from one spot to another, and making the best of new surroundings for the old group.

near Occurrences 49%

I saw, now, that it came from a huge, glowing spot near the center of the Dark Sun.

by Occurrences 36%

"She's trying to save himhe must be caught somewhere!" cried the lawyer, and both men started at full speed to reach the spot by the round-about paths through the garden.

like Occurrences 32%

I knowed him to onc't, for all he was a little oldish, and a little grayish, and had a bare spot like a turtle's back on the top of his head.

than Occurrences 21%

There is when summer reigns no lovelier spot than this bright medley of squares and stars and triangles and circlesall Euclid in floweragewhich glow with multitudinous colors where the sun strikes.

under Occurrences 19%

When they yielded none the more, in spite of his giving to each man gratuitously his own kin, he erected a kind of salesroom in a safe spot under the very wall, where he led each one of the prominent men past and auctioned him off, to see if by this means at least he could gain the Patareans.

out Occurrences 17%

" "I ain't done nothing; and you jest drop me, or I'll knock spots out of yer!"

without Occurrences 16%

I expected each second to hear an alarm raised which would bring the murderous crew to the spot without delay, when there could be no question as to the result, for the sergeant and I could not hold out many moments against such a mob, even though every one of them was intoxicated to a greater or less degree.

between Occurrences 13%

They went up the old track leading from Kulonieh to Jerusalem, when first one section and then another came into action at a spot between Deir Yesin and Heart Redoubt, where both batteries were subjected to a close-range rifle fire.

over Occurrences 12%

But the evidence of the scarab is vitiated by the fact that Hurst was present when it was picked up, and that it was found on a spot over which Hurst had passed only a few minutes previously.

after Occurrences 10%

Before separating, they agreed to meet on the same spot after thirty years, with the treasure which they doubted not to have acquired by the exercise of their inventive faculties in foreign lands.

within Occurrences 9%

Fancy hand in hand perhaps with a substratum of historical truth has discovered traces of Rama's chequered life, of Sita's devotion in many spots within the limits of Nasik.

beyond Occurrences 8%

" Lenore slowly stepped to that shadowed spot beyond the curtains where she had told her love to Dorn; and there she stood, praying and fighting for strength to let him go, for power to conceal her pain.

behind Occurrences 8%

He kissed Nancy on the little white spot behind the ear where the brown hair curled in tiny rings like grape tendrils, soft as silk and delicate as pencil strokes.

before Occurrences 8%

One day, when Jarro and Caesar lay on the usual spot before the fire, Clawina sat on the hearth and began to tease the wild duck.

among Occurrences 8%

Just before the storm a young bull, sleek, three-quarters grown, and with the small compact antlers of a four-year-old, had led the three cows and the yearling to this sheltered spot among the spruce.

around Occurrences 7%

" Hosea examined, in a covert but very thorough manner, the vacant spot around them, and drawing nearer to the supposed noble, he continued: "Signore, your family is in danger of meeting with a great loss!

Which preposition to use with  spot