Which preposition to use with stood

in Occurrences 6242%

For quite a minute we stood in silence, staring in bewilderment at the sight; then my friend went forward cautiously to the edge of the abyss.

on Occurrences 4025%

It was but a second, though, and then I had drawn the bolts, and was standing on the path outside the door.

at Occurrences 2512%

It may have been that this thought stirred me to act; but, whatever it was, a couple of days later, saw me standing at the top of the cleft, fully equipped for the task.

by Occurrences 2162%

He and the Countess Arnim received a great deal, and their beautiful rooms in the Palazzo Caffarelli, on the top of the Capitol Hill (the two great statues of Castor and Pollux standing by their horses looking as if they were guarding the entrance) were a brilliant centre for all the Roman and diplomatic world.

for Occurrences 2082%

Reaching the bottom of the stairs, I stood for a minute, and listened.

before Occurrences 1612%

For this Time has been, and for this Time now is: to present spotless before Him the innumerable company of the redeemed, the lion-hearted who, armed by faith and shod with fire, in robes of azure and with songs of praise, shall stand before Him even for evermore!

with Occurrences 1380%

Even as Barnett spoke, she heeled well over, and came rushing up into the wind, where she stood with all sails shaking.

beside Occurrences 771%

It may mean quite another thing when another word stands beside it; even marks of punctuation give words a curiously different sound and shade.

near Occurrences 558%

As he passed along, he shook hands with several gentlemen also standing near the lobby, including R. He stopped a moment in front of him, saying: "I think this is Mr. Waddington.

to Occurrences 555%

"Well, mates," said the man, "believe or not believe, it's in the book, and it stands to reason, too.

between Occurrences 525%

We stand between two worlds.

behind Occurrences 360%

We found Madame Grevy with her daughter and one or two ladies, wives, I suppose, of the secretaries, seated in the well-known drawing-room with the beautiful tapestriesMadame Grevy in a large gold armchair at the end of the rooma row of gilt armchairs on each side of hersmademoiselle standing behind her mother.

over Occurrences 339%

I stood over him until he was well at work, then turned back to set tasks for the other men.

as Occurrences 328%

They courted danger, and asked only to stand as Victors at the last.

like Occurrences 320%

She was dimly conscious that friends came with ready offers of assistance, and that Barbadoes' best physicians were unremitting in their efforts to stop the hemorrhage; while she stood like a statue beside her father's bed.

against Occurrences 313%

It looked perfectly uncomfortablewas large, with very high ceilings, stiff gilt furniture standing against the wall, and the heat something awful,a blazing fire in the chimney.

about Occurrences 210%

" Several bucks came running down from the Kachime, and stood about, coughed and spat, and offered assistance or advice.

under Occurrences 190%

The Boy went over and stood under the gray blanket canopy, looking down with a choking sensation that delayed his question: "How you feelin' now, Kentucky?" "All right.

of Occurrences 161%

Opening the door upon the Hassiebrock front room, convertible from bed- to sitting-room by the mere erect-position-stand of the folding-bed, a wave of this tarry heat came flowing out, gaseous, sickening.

among Occurrences 147%

But I add this word: The missionary sent to Porto Rico, be he Catholic or Protestant, must be a man who can stand among statesmen and society men and women, as well as one who can live and work among the humblest folk who lodge in leaf-thatched huts along the roadside or far on lonely hills.

within Occurrences 132%

There I found Tonnison standing within a small excavation that he had made among the débris: he was brushing the dirt from something that looked like a book, much crumpled and dilapidated; and opening his mouth, every second or two, to bellow my name.

around Occurrences 130%

It was an interesting group of men that stood around the little figure in the drawing-room after dinner.

outside Occurrences 125%

We can never live our best life in the world, and stand outside the Church.

without Occurrences 122%

[Scaramouch having placed them all in the Hanging, in which they make the Figures, where they stand without Motion in Postures, he comes out.

above Occurrences 108%

Wherefore came Beltane and stood above him as one in thought and, seeing him begin to stir, took from him his sword and coil of rope and loosing off his swordbelt, therewith bound his hands fast together and so, dragged him 'neath a tree that stood hard by.

Which preposition to use with  stood