Which preposition to use with carrier

of Occurrences 58%

Thus the initial topic in the exercise that follows is "The aeroplane's future as a carrier of mail."

for Occurrences 12%

So his soldiers had to be their own carriers for a time.

in Occurrences 10%

He presented them without embarrassment to "Windy Jim Wilson, of Hog'em Junction, the best trail mail-carrier in the 'nited States.

from Occurrences 8%

In the earlier part of this missive Lamb enumerates the books which he has just despatched to Wordsworth by carrier from London.

on Occurrences 7%

90 Your sires I reverence; 'tis their due: But, worthless fool, what's that to you? Ask all the carriers on the road, They'll say thy keeping's ill bestowed.

with Occurrences 6%

A water-carrier with an earthen jar upon his head had appeared at the top of the steps a second before Shere Ali had turned so abruptly away from Linforth.

to Occurrences 6%

My dear John Bull, you will be sorry to hear, that despite the activity of our squadron for the suppression of slavery, that faithless country which owes a national existence to oceans of British treasure, and the blood of the finest army the great Wellington ever led, has the unparalleled audacity to make us slave carriers to Cuba.

by Occurrences 4%

There are few Londoners who in their suburban strolls have failed to notice the scores of female fruit-carriers by whose toil the markets are supplied with some of their choicest delicacies.

between Occurrences 3%

Thomas Hobson had been for sixty years carrier between Cambridge and the Bull Inn, Bishopsgate Street, London.

at Occurrences 2%

But a certain spirit of comradeship grew up between these two, and it was not unusual for the pressmen, after his work was finished and the papers were neatly piled for distribution to the carriers at daybreak, to walk with Hetty to the hotel before proceeding to his own lodgings in the little wing of Nick Thorne's house, which stood quite at the end of the street.

within Occurrences 1%

However, as it was late, they went with the water-carriers within the rampart, to the head man of the village, and here Chirisophus and as many of the troops as could come up encamped; but of the rest, such as were unable to get to the end of the journey spent the night on the way without food or fire, and some of the soldiers lost their lives on that occasion.

among Occurrences 1%

Charges were made by distance as on a toll road and the boats were owned by different private shippers or by common carriers among whom competition prevailed. § 5.

around Occurrences 1%

As for Harvard, 1914, hang a passport carrier around the Sphinx's neck and you have him done in stone.

beyond Occurrences 1%

And this delighted John the Carrier beyond measure.

out Occurrences 1%

He stands alone in America as the originator and carrier out of a grand conception.

along Occurrences 1%

The small dealers, even the very carriers along the road, the higglers, and other persons who call at a farm on petty business, gave him clearly to know in their own coarse way that they despised him.

Which preposition to use with  carrier