Which preposition to use with stable

in Occurrences 61%

He too had been busy, as he had a small apartment and stables in the hotel of the ministry, and was also very anxious to get away.

of Occurrences 55%

If the revolt were confined to autocratic governments, we might see in it merely a reaction against tyranny; but even in the most stable of democracies and among the most enlightened peoples, the underground rumblings of revolution may be heard.

for Occurrences 49%

She would send a wire of acceptance to her inspector friend, and then go over to the stable for her horse, and be on her way home.

with Occurrences 39%

They found the owner of the livery stable with two old but well-preserved vehicles which he was eager to place at their disposal.

at Occurrences 36%

They were both in place when he returned to the stable towards early morning, but the signs were unmistakable that both had been out in the snow since he left the stable at about nine.

on Occurrences 23%

Being aware that the pony express horses were accustomed to running right into the stable on arriving at the station, he threw open the large folding doors, which would just allow the passage of the team and coach into the stable.

to Occurrences 12%

A pipe of water ran through the stalls from one end of the stable to the other.

than Occurrences 9%

"Something," continued the Pole, "more than great promisessomething more stable than a castlein Spain.

behind Occurrences 8%

Accordingly he put the mustang in the stable behind the hotel, looked to his feed, and then went slowly back to get a room.

as Occurrences 8%

No dream of faith, no seed of love, No lonely action nobly done, But is as stable as the sun, And fed and watered from above; From nether base to starry cope Nature's two laws are Faith and Hope.

into Occurrences 6%

Joseph and Mary had moved from the stable into a house in Bethlehem, and there the three Persians bowed down before the Babe and, after the style of adoration in their country, presented giftsgold, frankincense, and myrrh.

near Occurrences 4%

I have the report of a cat with a new litter in the loft of a stable near here.

without Occurrences 3%

The coach would probably have passed through into the stable without any serious damage had it not been for the bar or threshold that was stretched across the ground to fasten the doors to.

along Occurrences 3%

When he reached home, he put him into his stable along with the other asses.

from Occurrences 3%

In vain had he led the enervating life of a fashionable swellthat was the word of the timeand had knocked about race-course stables from the age of nineteen to twenty-five.

under Occurrences 3%

The ladder, which was placed against the stable under their house, at first seemed to him too high to climb, but seeing the multitude of delighted spectators who went up and down without accident, he resolved to try it, too, and so successfully that he was able after a few attempts to carry a stick with him, stand on the highest rung, and poke up the pigeons.

until Occurrences 3%

As for Harry, he drove the horse hack to the stable until noon, when he was to call for his mother on his way from school with Ally and Cornelia.

about Occurrences 2%

The inn at Bethlehem was not probably one of these great caravanserais,as they are called now in the East, because caravans stop at them; and it is even possible that the stables about the inn were simply caves scooped out of the soft chalk rock, for the country there has an abundance of these caves used for this very purpose.

over Occurrences 2%

Slowly with head a little downbent he walked out, up the way she had come; then around the corner a short distance to the stables over which he had his room.

by Occurrences 2%

He knew Charley and Dick, the big dray horses; and Dexter, who drew the express wagon; he knew Bob and George, who hauled the ice wagon; he knew the driving horses in the Mansion stables by name and point, and especially the two dapple grays that drew the bus.

across Occurrences 2%

A cowpuncher rocked across the blur of her vision on his pony, halted, and swung down in front of the stable across the street.

toward Occurrences 1%

These things thus all in readiness, the challengers approached, and came down the stable toward the tilt-yard."

towards Occurrences 1%

They were both in place when he returned to the stable towards early morning, but the signs were unmistakable that both had been out in the snow since he left the stable at about nine.

up Occurrences 1%

We had a large garden at the back, and a stable up the lane; and though the house was but one story in height, it covered a considerable space of ground, and contained more rooms than we ever had occasion to use.

like Occurrences 1%

" [Illustration] "Of course," said York, "I quite understand; but you know it is not easy in stables like these to have all the grooms just what they should be.

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