Which preposition to use with business

of Occurrences 2214%

The lookers on told us the blacksmith had been for years engaged in this business of nail-making; he worked with little intermission, scarcely allowing himself time for necessary sleep or refreshment; that all the fruits of his incessant labour were disposed of in the manner we had just seen; and that he had already three wells filled with nails, which he had carefully closed.

in Occurrences 775%

They'll talk and palaver and git into dark corners, and sharpen their knives, and perhaps fight it out as to which one's going to work the monkey-doodle business in the doctor's chest, and which one's going to tie up the sacks of them diamonds, but they won't git any farther as long as Captain Ezra is on deck."

with Occurrences 521%

She had no business with kittens.

for Occurrences 287%

"In the circumstances, as your statement will consist mainly of a slander against me and my dead brother," Henshaw replied sullenly, "I prefer to keep out of the business for the present.

on Occurrences 197%

But to understand business on this plane, and to conduct it in this large way, needs a fine education, an education built, first of all, on a practical basis, such as the education of our common schools.

at Occurrences 193%

With friendly solicitude he inquired "how much I had made by my voyage;" and when he was informed that, although I had added to my knowledge, I had not improved my fortune, he stared at me a while, and remarking that he had business at the Bank, as well as an appointment on 'Change, suddenly took his leave.

to Occurrences 162%

Business to-day takes intellectual grasp and insightpromptness, energy, enterprise, and common-sense.

as Occurrences 133%

"I can't allow any such business as this, Cody," said he, "what do you mean by it?"

by Occurrences 66%

The capitalist is not inclined to raise his scale of prices, knowing that he has built up his business by prudence, sagacity, and tireless applicationthe very qualities which his dissatisfied employees lack.

from Occurrences 52%

"And therefore," said Lord Nick, "since most of The Corner expects business from us, it seems much as if one of us must kill the other before we part.

than Occurrences 48%

There is a great deal more in business than the art of making money.

without Occurrences 44%

"Are you coming?" he asked; "they will be beginning the business without us.

before Occurrences 42%

A few hives are found here and there among settlers who chanced to have learned something about the business before coming to the State.

about Occurrences 34%

Hardly had the train started again when Noaks put down his paper, and turning to his companions said, "That's a rum business about that old chap's house being robbed, isn't it?"

like Occurrences 30%

But you must let me set my own price," he returned in a business like tone.

into Occurrences 23%

Just as system will speedily transform a haphazard business into one which seizes opportunities and stops the leakage of profits, so will sincere and well-directed effort bring you promptly and surely into an ever-growing mastery of words.

under Occurrences 21%

The same general policy has been pursued to the present time , and has resulted in the establishment of a prosperous corporation of magnificent proportions, carrying on a useful and beneficent business under a greater number of governmental jurisdictions, great and small, than any other corporate organization in existence.

during Occurrences 15%

By its checking activity upon the other members of the endocrine system, the thyroid and pituitary in particular, it gives the baby time to grow in bulk, which is its chief business during the first two years of its existence.

through Occurrences 13%

No, sir, I hang on to that business through thick and thin.

out Occurrences 12%

"Be a man, Major Doyle, and put the business out of your mind.

between Occurrences 12%

Lucio replied, that Claudio would gladly marry Juliet, but that the lord deputy had sentenced him to die for his offence; "Unless," said he, "you have the grace by your fair prayer to soften Angelo, and that is my business between you and your poor brother."

over Occurrences 10%

After eight or ten days of irregular meals at impossible hours (we often dined at nine-thirty) I said to Count de P., W.'s chef de cabinet: "Can't you arrange to have business over a little earlier?

after Occurrences 9%

A foreign legate had scarcely ever landed on its shores; hardly any appeals were carried to the Roman Curia; the Church managed its own business after a customary fashion which was in harmony with English traditions, which had grown up during centuries of undisturbed and separate life.

among Occurrences 9%

It has no business among these mountains, these rivers and lakes, these gigantic boulders, these tangled valleys and dark mountain gorges.

within Occurrences 5%

" "If you can't see yore way to getting at this business within a reasonable time I'll have to sue out a mandatory injunction against you, Judge, and" Dolan smiled wintrily.

Which preposition to use with  business