Which preposition to use with tucking

under Occurrences 45%

For his own part, sitting back on the stool with his cap tucked under his arm and his hands folded about one knee, he met the faint, cold smile of the colonel with a broad grin of his own.

into Occurrences 45%

Mutely, doggedly, she pressed on, and rounding a bend in a long, lonely stretch of road, saw before her the tall, lithe form of a man, trousers tucked into boots, a tall staff in hand, making swift progress up the road.

in Occurrences 44%

The men had huge pistols and knives in their belts; their pantaloons were tucked in their boots; and they wore large broad-rimmed hats.

between Occurrences 5%

There was a frail, long-visaged boy of ten sitting beside his aunt in the back, with a girl of eight tucked between them.

of Occurrences 3%

Now listen, for next I will tell how Robin Hood compassed the happiness of two young lovers, aided by the merry Friar Tuck of Fountain Dale.

for Occurrences 3%

It was biffbiff, and biff again, but not nip and tuck for long.

inside Occurrences 3%

Their trousers either tuck inside the uppers of their boots and should be sufficiently long to do so without pulling out in a strained turn or fall, or they may be buttoned round outside the boots or folded and tied on with Norwegian puttees or swanks.

behind Occurrences 2%

" The search was made, and it ended in William Dane finding the deacon's bag, empty, tucked behind the chest of drawers in Silas's chamber.

beside Occurrences 2%

There was one thing moresome sheets of paper covered with Braille characters, tucked beside Kirk's plate.

beneath Occurrences 2%

"In the hat?" cried Brass, in a sort of shriek, "Under the handkerchief, and tucked beneath the lining," said Mr. Swiveller, aghast, at the discovery.

like Occurrences 2%

And he winked and blinked at stout Friar Tuck like an owl at the sun.

within Occurrences 2%

And he adds: "How much more alluring than the naked fruit from the grocer's sack are these nuts, especially when dots for eyes and mouth are added, and a whole little face is tucked within this natural bonnet.

to Occurrences 2%

Sure he towld me in a confidintial way, just before he wint to turn in last nightif it wasn't yisturday forenoon, for it's meself as niver knows an hour o' the day since the sun became dissipated, and tuck to sitting up all night in this fashion.

out Occurrences 2%

Then they are all drawn to the centre of the Anemone, carrying their prey with them; and the feelers, prey and all, are tucked out of sight.

of Occurrences 1%

And rarely there is a desk so smothered in learningreeking so of scholarshipas not to admit a lighter nook for the tucking of a sea yarn.

against Occurrences 1%

But how much finer to die like Romeo with a kiss, quick as the true apothecary's drugs; to sink like Shelley in the blue water, with mind still full of the Greek poet whom he tucked against his heart; to pass hot with fever, like Byron, from the height of fame, while thunder presaged to the mountaineers the loss of their great champion in freedom's war!

around Occurrences 1%

Various articles of their wardrobe were tucked around the sides and corners, or under the roof.

as Occurrences 1%

Enter WARMAN, SCARLET, and SCATHLOCK, bound; FRIAR TUCK as their confessor; officers with halberts.

at Occurrences 1%

She had a long apron thing that fastened over the shoulders and with tucks at the edge, and a strip of white stuff up round her neckay, she looked well.

by Occurrences 1%

" Then up rose Robin Hood and shook Friar Tuck by the shoulder.

from Occurrences 1%

" "How sayst thou?" roared Tuck from the choir loft.

over Occurrences 1%

Where it was tucked over the small ears,and native refinement or the other thing shows very plainly in the ears,it lay full, and shaped into a soft curve.

underneath Occurrences 1%

Louise was reading in the hammock, and merely glanced at the little man, who solemnly stumped around to the back door with the three red volumes tucked underneath his arm.

with Occurrences 1%

It was nip an' tuck with both of us.

in Occurrences 1%

" Down on the front piazza, twenty minutes after, she superintended the tucking in of the kittens, and then told him to bring a mallet and wedge.

Which preposition to use with  tucking