Which preposition to use with tip

of Occurrences 722%

"What does the information bureau of the Seven Seas know about it?" "Lost three years agospring of 1901got into ice field off the tip of the Aleutians.

with Occurrences 126%

The archways and ceilings were everywhere hung with down-growing crystals, like inverted groves of leafless saplings, some of them large, others delicately attenuated, each tipped with a single drop of water, like the terminal bud of a pine-tree.

to Occurrences 50%

When Mr. Connors moved, he gave off the scent of pomade freely; his slightly thinning brown hair and the pointy tips to a reddish mustache lay sleek with it.

on Occurrences 43%

It appears that beneath the turf, or on it, all men are equal, so no one could object to the presence of Billy Bale, the man, by Gad! who could give you the straight tip on any race, and looked like it.

from Occurrences 21%

So we may imagine them dragging on life till near Easter, when a gleam of good news comes tip from the west, to gladden the hearts and strengthen the arms of these poor men in the depths of Selwood.

for Occurrences 20%

Folks do say he hes a kinder scent he uses ter jest coax 'em like," replied the cook, not above hoping these sons of Centerville rich people might think it worth while to toss him a generous tip for any information he gave them.

at Occurrences 15%

The lid would stand open of itself until tipped at a considerable angle, when it would fall and lock.

in Occurrences 14%

The ears of a fine rabbit should extend not less than seven inches, measured from tip to tip in a line across the skull; but even should they exceed this length, they are admitted with reluctance into a fancy stock, unless they have a uniform and graceful droop.

over Occurrences 10%

Pa dropped his hook and went to a hose cart and took a Babcock extinguisher and strapped it on his back and went up to Bolivar, who was tipping over some dummies in front of a clothing store, and pa said: "Bolivar, you lay down," but Bolivar threw a seven-dollar suit of clothes at pa, and bellowed, as much as to defy pa.

about Occurrences 6%

But if I see you in the Square and give you a tip about yourself now and again, that doesn't count.

as Occurrences 5%

Perhaps a good fairy may have given him a tip as to where it could be found.

like Occurrences 4%

He told us 'ow yer were in the habit of going about the streets at night for walks, and said as 'ow he would be down near the hotel that evenin' and when yer came out, he would strike a match and light a smoke just ter give us the tip like.

into Occurrences 2%

" They left and the waitress cleared their places, sweeping a tip into her pocket.

across Occurrences 2%

But the channels that separate the flat, alluvial islets are yellow, their sluggish waters being bedded heavily down with the broad leaves of the wintering basswood-trees, which, in some places, touch branch-tips across the narrow straits.

against Occurrences 2%

Then Destyn arose; the chair nodded to him and leaned back, playing a tattoo with her pencil tip against her snowy teeth.

out Occurrences 2%

Come on!" Lying behind the trunk of a tree that had fallen into the water,not much of a boat, to be sure, and without any oars or even rowlocks; but when the water was tipped out of it, and it was shoved in again, it actually floated.

than Occurrences 2%

On the way back to our island paradise we found along the shore two plants worth noticeone, a low tree, with leaves somewhat like box, but obovate (larger at the tip than at the stalk), and racemes of little white flowers of a delicious honey-scent.

towards Occurrences 2%

When putting on the skins lay them along the Skis from the tip towards the back and run your thumb down the line of the centre groove in the Ski, while you press the skin on evenly over the whole Ski.

under Occurrences 2%

" Here she put a square finger-tip under Sheila's chin and looked even closer than before.

above Occurrences 1%

Sometimes, in case of flood, the rice actually grows with the rise of the water, always keeping its tip above the stream.

beyond Occurrences 1%

The red breeches and red fezzes of the Zouaves clothed many a dead man on Southern battle-fields; the scarlet swallow-tailed pennon of the Lancers fluttered from many a lance-tip beyond the Potomac; the histories of these sixty-five regiments are known.

without Occurrences 1%

Book-manufacturers, compilers, the common run of history-writers, and many others of the same class, take their material immediately out of books; and the material goes straight to their finger-tips without even paying freight or undergoing examination as it passes through their heads, to say nothing of elaboration or revision.

before Occurrences 1%

In the larger cities it costs a fortune in tips before the machine and oneself are well housed; to enter Albany, Boston, or New York at night, find your hotel, find the automobile station, find your luggage, and find yourself, is a bore.

Which preposition to use with  tip