Which preposition to use with toeing

of Occurrences 197%

La Giselle is a grand ballet in which an elaborate plot is developed by the toes of some fifty young ladies.

in Occurrences 49%

The phalanges of the two outer toes in each foot disappear, their metacarpal and metatarsal bones being left as the "splints.

to Occurrences 35%

But we thought evolution was a change from the homogeneous, incoherent to the heterogeneous and coherent: surely the change from five toes to one must have been a misfortune on the whole, if the flexibility of the human hand accounts for man's intellect.

with Occurrences 28%

"Facing the kick-off from the Academy, and doing the light hearted and the fantastic toe with the girls.

on Occurrences 24%

There are three toes on the hind foot having similar proportions to those on the fore foot.

into Occurrences 15%

He dug his toes into the velvet pile carpet with the air of a man who was trying to take anchor.

at Occurrences 11%

How strangely the eyes of the two men look, after two or three more applications to the antique flask; and how curiously Mr. Bumstead walks on tip-toe at times and takes short leaps now and then.

against Occurrences 10%

In Canto III I have portrayed the "tender passion" and its melancholy result on the hill-sidea fitting illustration of the fact that the course of true love never did run smooth, especially if there were big rocks to knock one's toes against.

like Occurrences 8%

He turned up his toes like a lamb.

for Occurrences 7%

Who knows but that late posterity, when, what is regarded by us now as fashion, shall have long been classed among the superstitious observances of an age gone by, may dignify their signs with the antiquated personification of a Mother RED LEGS?" "Nov. 9.Curiosity is on tip-toe for the arrival of ELPHY BEY'S fair Circassian Ladies.

from Occurrences 6%

Although the cold was so intense that wine froze, and that his men lost fingers and toes from frost-bites, Charles did not shrink from the labor of hunting down those who had fled to the mountains, and burning the villages in which they had sought a refuge.

over Occurrences 4%

" Grandpa Grumbles looked at Tippy Toes over his spectacles and said, "I have not heard you cry or scream or howl for thirty minutes.

before Occurrences 3%

An elastic strap about a quarter of a yard long should be sewed half way between the curved knee seam and the hem, and should be slipped over the right toe before mounting, and a second strap, for the left heel, should be sewed on the last seam on the under side of the habit, to be adjusted after the foot is placed in the stirrup.

behind Occurrences 3%

D'Arblay tells how one evening at Dr. Burney's home, when Signor Piozzi was playing on the piano, 'Mrs. Thrale stealing on tip-toe behind him, ludicrously began imitating him.

down Occurrences 2%

He hears a noisehe's all awake Again?on tip-toe down the hill He softly creeps'tis Goody Blake; She's at the hedge of Harry Gill!

under Occurrences 2%

The germ, or bud, must be there, for the Dorking fowl has produced a fifth toe under some influence of the poultry-yard, but no natural bird has more than four.

up Occurrences 2%

She would lie awake for him now; and every morning, somewhat before dawn, she would hear him softly open the outside door and tip-toe up the stairs, perhaps in his stocking-feet.

between Occurrences 2%

Here, again, though to a greater extent than that caused by the hæmorrhage alone, the os pedis appears to be pushed backwards, the space at the toe between the bone and the horny box being closely filled with the yellow, slightly blood-stained exudate.

by Occurrences 2%

He had lost one of his toes by the bite of a piranha.

across Occurrences 2%

" Brushing aside the coverlet of fowl I followed him tip-toe across the dewy mead to the tarpaulin which he and MacTavish call "home.

out Occurrences 2%

The 23. day in the morning being calme, wee toed out of the Streight, vntill wee came to the olde towne, whereof there is no thing standing but the walles.

past Occurrences 1%

Thus furnished, they bade her good-bye for the day, left the dubious 'Dolph in her charge, and tip-toeing past the rear of the caravan where slept the dreaded Gavel, gained the meadow's end, passed a weed-grown ruinated lock below the churchyard, and struck into a footpath that led down-stream between the river and a pretty hanging copse.

after Occurrences 1%

Part of the toe and foot is worn away and polished, not by the kisses, but by the wiping of the foot after the kisses by the next comer preparatory to kissing it; sometimes with the coat-sleeve by a beggar; with the corner of the cloak by the gentlemen; the shawl by the females; and with a nice cambric handkerchief by the attendant at the ceremony, who wiped the toe after each cardinal's performance.

as Occurrences 1%

A black boy in one blue garment climbed, using his toes as fingers, the tipped mainyard of a Nile boat and framed himself in the window.

than Occurrences 1%

Yea many times this love will make old men and women that have more toes than teeth, dance,"John, come kiss me now," mask and mum; for Comus and Hymen love masks, and all such merriments above measure, will allow men to put on women's apparel in some cases, and promiscuously to dance, young and old, rich and poor, generous and base, of all sorts.

Which preposition to use with  toeing