Which preposition to use with way

of Occurrences 12634%

Not a soul but was stupefied at this new way of managing matters; they had never known anything like it before.

to Occurrences 6857%

Then, when I knew I had been in every corner and cranny large enough to conceal aught of any size, I made my way to the stairs.

in Occurrences 3008%

Slowly, I made my way in that direction; the sound growing plainer as I advanced, until in a little, I stood right above it.

with Occurrences 1586%

There were armies of workmen in every direction and carts and camions loaded with cases making their way with difficulty through the mud.

through Occurrences 1399%

Thus it came to me that we were making our way through the riot of a great and ancient garden.

for Occurrences 1296%

Stony Brook is a sluggish, tortuous stream, large enough to float our little boats, and goes meandering most of the way for five miles among natural meadows, overflowed at high water, or thinly timbered prairie, when it enters the Rackett.

from Occurrences 1127%

Taking the kitchen lamp down from its hook, I made my way from cellar to cellar, and room to room; through pantry and coal-holealong passages, and into the hundred-and-one little blind alleys and hidden nooks that form the basement of the old house.

into Occurrences 1099%

"No wonder you have forced your way into the 8 Senate House: no bars or bolts can hold against you.

up Occurrences 572%

Now, however, I turned, and made my way up the center of the place; passing among the pillars, and glancing to right and left, as I moved.

out Occurrences 477%

So rare and splendid a phenomenon, of course, overbore all other considerations, and I at once let the ice-cone go, and began to force my way out of the valley to some dome or ridge sufficiently lofty to command a general view of the main summits, feeling assured that I should find them bannered still more gloriously; nor was I in the least disappointed.

down Occurrences 435%

We rose with the dawn the next morning, and before the sun was above the hills we were on our way down the lake, to separate as we struck the Rackett; the Doctor and Smith to return by the way of Keeseville and the Champlain, and Spalding and myself to drift down that pleasant stream to Pottsdam, and thence to the majestic St. Lawrence, to spend a fortnight among the "Thousand Islands" of that noble river.

by Occurrences 414%

Darkness came on, but I found my way by the trends of the cañons and the peaks projected against the sky.

as Occurrences 359%

There are two kinds: one is composed of several steel piano strings, and the other of whip-cords twined together, and they are used much in the same way as the "Twister.

at Occurrences 335%

Read your books, stupid: you may go half-way at Athens, the whole way at Alexandria.

on Occurrences 332%

As there was but one entrance door from the stair-way on this floor, I felt certain that I had found the right place.

across Occurrences 322%

I outfitted by telegraph on the way across the continent.

than Occurrences 270%

Is there not a more human way than the chain-gang way?

between Occurrences 255%

She chose a place half-way between Itu and Ikotobong on Enyong Creek.

towards Occurrences 253%

Edith walked more quickly, it was the retired part of the gardens on the way towards the Bayswater Road.

along Occurrences 245%

He had reached the top of the Pit, now, and was nosing his way along the edge.

toward Occurrences 214%

It seemed to me, that I was going to be ill, and I made shift to stumble my way toward the house.

about Occurrences 194%

Sometimes a "fielder," whose sense of feelin' wasen't very acute, got hold of a cobble stun, then he would waddle, and grope his way about, to find the base.

before Occurrences 177%

"Squire," said Martin to me "I'm thinkin' we'd better go ashore and put up our tents; there's a mighty big storm over the hill, and he'll be down this way before many minutes.

over Occurrences 176%

I heard him bayin' a little way over a ridge layin' gist beyond where I shot the buck.

without Occurrences 139%

I found a way without effort, and soon stood upon the topmost crag in the blessed light.

Which preposition to use with  way