Which preposition to use with waste

of Occurrences 1010%

What happened next on earth it is mere waste of 5 time to tell, for you know it all well enough, and there is no fear of your ever forgetting the impression which that public rejoicing made on your memory.

in Occurrences 243%

exclaimed Martin, as he broke out into a roar that you might have heard a mile; "I thought the Judge meant something, by the time he wasted in talkin' and gettin' ready to shoot.

on Occurrences 121%

Wish I had the money I've wasted on grub-stakin'.

with Occurrences 56%

And the countess had to Baja come when Queen Isabella came, The lovely vega of the town to waste with sword and flame.

to Occurrences 35%

Later in the yearits youthful appetite having caught an indigestionit shrunk and wasted to a shadow.

for Occurrences 20%

Could I show you the wealth which I have seen in a single Tropic island, not sixty miles squareprecious timbers, gums, fruits, what not, enough to give employment and wealth to thousands and tens of thousands, wasting for want of being known and worked then you would see what a man who emigrates may do, by a little sound knowledge of botany alone.

by Occurrences 18%

Care should be taken that the lids fit tight and close, so that soups or gravies may not be suffered to waste by evaporation.

from Occurrences 18%

But on account of its settling and compacting, and the almost constant waste from melting and evaporation, the average depth actually found at any time seldom exceeds ten feet in the forest region, or fifteen feet along the slopes of the summit peaks.

at Occurrences 17%

I will not assert that science will, at last, be carried to such perfection, that there shall be no more infirmities of age; that the pestilence will be stayed from walking in the darkness, and destruction from wasting at noonday; that men will cease to grow old, save in years, or that death will be compelled to seek its victims only through the channel of accidents, against which forecast will not, and science has no opportunity to guard.

through Occurrences 11%

The water for replenishing the boiler is pumped into the small cistern on the top of the pipe; and it follows from these arrangements that when the buoy falls, the rod opens the small valve and allows the feed water to enter the pipe, which communicates with the water in the boiler; whereas, when the buoy rises, the feed cannot enter the pipe, and it has, therefore, to run to waste through an overflow pipe provided for the purpose.

over Occurrences 10%

To think of the repentance I have wasted over my childish naughtiness, when it was all inspired by your good angel!

under Occurrences 9%

When I couldn't totter another yard I fell into a hole into the groundone of those avensand crawled into a sort of little cave, and lay there listening, to the suck and gurgle of millions of gallons of nice cool water running to waste under my feet, and me dying the death of a dog with thirst.

without Occurrences 7%

We bear our shades about us: self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread, And range an Indian waste without a tree.

as Occurrences 7%

Should Fate command me to the furthest verge Of the green earth, to distant barbarous climes, Rivers unknown to song; where first the sun Gilds Indian mountains, or his setting beam Flames on the Atlantic isles, 'tis nought to me; Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full; And where He vital breathes, there must be joy.

like Occurrences 6%

If waste like this were not chiefly thoughtless, it might well be characterized as the deliberate destruction of the Nation's future.

into Occurrences 5%

We would keep all the pits going by putting waste into all of them from time to time and this way I could get experience on how the big and small pits both worked so that when people asked for such information I would readily have it.

behind Occurrences 4%

A waste behind him he creates, Whole villages depopulates.

before Occurrences 4%

The squirrel has lost his playful air, and has an anxious manner, as though there were no time to waste before stocking his granary.

around Occurrences 4%

40 Thus warned he sought some shepherd's spreading thorn Or hovel from the storm to shield his head, But sought in vain; for now, all wild, forlorn, And vacant, a huge waste around him spread; The wet cold ground, he feared, must be his only bed.

between Occurrences 3%

It was very much as if he had said: That long-lost brother stuff is all very well for the authorities, for entry in the ship's papers if necessary; but it's wasted between ourselves, we understand one another; so let's get down to brass tacks...

during Occurrences 3%

Commander Robinson, in his valuable work, 'The British Fleet,' gives details showing that the waste during the Seven Years' war was so great as to be truly shocking.

Than Occurrences 3%

The noisy markets know no such So ripe they tumble when you touch; Long, taperrarer wines they waste Than ever town-bred topers taste.

about Occurrences 2%

But still he stared in front of him, just as a sailor in a storm dares not look away from the beacon-light an instant, knowing all the waste about him abounds in rocks and eddies and in death, and all the world of hope and safe returning is narrowed to that little point of light.

beyond Occurrences 2%

This is not the case with the tenant at will, or from year to year, where the landlord has to keep the house in tenantable repair, and the tenant is only liable for waste beyond reasonable wear and tear.

among Occurrences 2%

Mike Butters could run too fast to be wasted among savages, and, besides, it's a terrible thing for a white man to marry an Injun.

Which preposition to use with  waste