Which preposition to use with behavior

of Occurrences 209%

Noble manners are one's personal actions as influenced and guided by the great behavior of the race.

in Occurrences 59%

The sick man could account for this remarkable behavior in no way except by concluding that his old captain had gone into senile dementiaoh, cruel, cruel afflictions that life brings to old folks when life is almost done!

to Occurrences 26%

My behavior to him had as yet been submissive and obedient.

on Occurrences 18%

I should not have given this incident more than a passing thought, had not Pepper at once begun to bark savagely; nor would he be silent when I bade him, which is most unusual behavior on his part.

at Occurrences 16%

Men are not always, be it understood, on their best behavior at their club.

towards Occurrences 11%

When, then, you are eating with another, remember, to look not only to the value for the body of the things set before you, but also to the value of the behavior towards the host which ought to be observed.

as Occurrences 7%

At Jimville they see behavior as history and judge it by facts, untroubled by invention and the dramatic sense.

by Occurrences 7%

All of the animals except the orang utan had been used more or less for experiments on behavior by Doctor Hamilton, but this prior work in no way interfered with my own investigation.

for Occurrences 7%

The man improved, the epileptic fits ceased, his moral condition became as normal as before, and this bricklayer (how about the free will?) was dismissed from the asylum, for he had given proofs of normal behavior for about five or six months, thanks to the wisdom of the doctor who had relieved him of the lesion which had made him epileptic and immoral.

toward Occurrences 7%

And then, as he slowly trotted along the lonely and uneven road, it suddenly flashed upon him, as if in mounting a hill, a far-reaching landscape, hitherto unseen, had in a moment, spread itself out before him, that, perhaps, Miss March had divined the reason of his extremely discreet behavior toward her.

with Occurrences 7%

There was none of the grave ceremoniousness he resented in the Atterburys' behavior with them.

under Occurrences 3%

He confessed to me that he played it before a battle to inspire him with coolness, and after a battle to learn wise behavior under victory or defeat, as it might have been.

throughout Occurrences 2%

Their behavior throughout the work proved that of far greater significance for the experimenter than the solution of a problem is definite knowledge of the modes of behavior exhibited from moment to moment, or day to day.

from Occurrences 2%

However, Aunt Nancy could not refrain from carrying the gossip to Miss Ellie, adding that she herself had been suspicious of Abe's behavior from the start.

than Occurrences 2%

"Oh, you tall squinting villain knight of the silver stallion, I wonder from whose court you can be coming, where they teach no better behavior than woman-killing, and I wonder what foul new knavery you can be planning here.

without Occurrences 2%

Frustration: the study of behavior without a goal.

during Occurrences 1%

Their martial bearing, their high tone, and whole behavior during their stay, in and out of council, was impressive, and demonstrated, in an eminent degree, to what a high pitch of physical and moral courage, bravery and success in war may lead a savage people.

between Occurrences 1%

Children themselves often bring their sharp and unexpected logic to bear on some incident illustrating the difference in this matter of behavior between what is required from them and what is shown to them: as did a little boy I knew, whose father said crossly to him one morning, as he came into the breakfast-room, "Will you ever learn to shut that door after you?"

before Occurrences 1%

But while thus constrained to decent behavior before Becky's eyes, behind her back they gave way to the resentment that they felt against her for her triumph over them, and let no opportunity slip to say slighting things of her.

over Occurrences 1%

Subconsciously I was contrasting the way in which he calmly expected me to accept his friendship for Lillian Gale, and his behavior over this letter.

Which preposition to use with  behavior