Which preposition to use with complains

of Occurrences 1738%

The deputies generally were complaining of the loss of time and the discomfort of the daily journey even in the parliamentary train.

to Occurrences 314%

I rather complained to W. after the first three or four dinnersit seemed to me bad manners, but he said no, I was the wife of a French political man, and every one took for granted I was interested in the conversationcertainly no one intended any rudeness.

about Occurrences 65%

The only stipulation he made when I engaged him was that he should not be required to drive on Sundays and Wednesday evenings, and, when I hear people complaining about their surly, incapable coachmen, I consider it is a light price to pay.

in Occurrences 62%

Henshaw was in the hall, bulking big in a fur coat and complaining in a masterful tone of the unpunctuality of his fly.

against Occurrences 21%

[p. 531]; but he who answered in behalf of our nation, was willing to give more latitude to the Rule; and cites the words of CORNEILLE himself, complaining against the severity of it, and observing what beauties it banished from the Stage, page 44, of my Essay.

at Occurrences 17%

" "But we have you, my dear," said Uncle John, smiling into her dancing eyes; "so we won't complain at one egg instead of two.

with Occurrences 14%

The Corfutes complained with great reason of the intolerable weight of taxation to which they were subjected; of the utter neglect of their interests by the central government, which consumed their wealth, and of the great abuses which prevailed in the administration of justice; but the remedy they adopted, by placing themselves under the rule of foreign masters, was not likely to alleviate these evils.

on Occurrences 13%

He had a little fault in the way of often showing a disposition to look at the darker side of things; and doubtless being unusually tired, after a hard day's tramp, with such a heavy pack on his back, had something to do with his spirit of complaining on the present occasion.

for Occurrences 11%

"Well, some men have odd notions of mercy and providence, to be sure; but if it pleases him, certainly I shall not complain for one.

without Occurrences 7%

frown, scowl, make a wry face, gnash one's teeth, wring one's hands, tear one's hair, beat one's breast, roll on the ground, burst with grief. complain, murmur, mutter, grumble, growl, clamor, make a fuss about, croak, grunt, maunder; deprecate &c (disapprove) 932. cry out before one is hurt, complain without cause.

from Occurrences 3%

The manager complained from time to time, and said it was all the fault of the engineers; said that we did not know our business, and that he would get some men from the East who would make the 'Mormon Flyer' fly on time.

before Occurrences 3%

At last, when Innocent IV., in 1245, called a general council at Lyons, in order to excommunicate the Emperor Frederic, the king and nobility sent over agents to complain before the council of the rapacity of the Romish church.

than Occurrences 3%

Women, it seems, have lost their native shame, As no man better may complain than I; Though not of any whom I made my wife, But of my daughter, who procured my fall.

amongst Occurrences 2%

He at first began to complain amongst his friends, and to express his indignation, that the king should be summoned to plead his cause: but afterwards, having prevailed on some of those whom he had made acquainted with his views to join him, he secretly called the army away from Pelusium to Alexandria, and appointed Achillas, already spoken of, commander-in-chief of the forces.

as Occurrences 2%

It is now polluted by one of those manufactories, of which it would he trifling to complain as nuisances only in the eye of taste.

between Occurrences 2%

Jeremy, democrat of democrats, who had slept without complaining between the legs of a dead horse on a rain-swept battlefield, with a lousy Turkish prisoner hugging him close to share the blanket, was up in arms at once.

of Occurrences 2%

A Eunuch Complains of His Fate An Officer Deplores the Misery of the Time On the Alienation of a Friend BOOK VI.THE DECADE OF PIH SHAN.

by Occurrences 2%

"They had an inalienable right to complain by petition, and to remonstrate to either House of Parliament, or to the King; and to make two magistrates, who might be strong partisans, irresponsible judges whether anything said or done at a meeting had a tendency to encourage sedition, was to say that a free constitution was no longer suitable to us."

along Occurrences 1%

And homeless winds complain along The columned choir once thrilled with song.

unto Occurrences 1%

Indeed, he continues, since these ales have been abolished "some ministers have complained unto me, that they are afrayd they shall have no Parish Clerks for want of maintenance for them.

after Occurrences 1%

That night Cousin Ann, still smarting under the memory of Mrs. Buck's snapping eyes, high color, and unbridled tongue, complained after supper that her bedstead rocked whenever she moved, and asked Gilbert if he could readjust it in some way, so that it should be as stationary as beds usually are in a normal state.

within Occurrences 1%

Many honest Minds that are naturally disposed to do good in the World, and become Beneficial to Mankind, complain within themselves that they have not Talents for it.

above Occurrences 1%

He depicts the universal weakness of human nature and the corruption of his time with great vivacity and not without a certain pleasure in the obscene; and besides folly and passion, complains above all of the fact that so few understand the art of enjoyment, of which he, a true man of the world, was master.

during Occurrences 1%

Although his temper was soothed, he continued complaining during the rest of the stroll.

ob Occurrences 1%

"Yes, Mass'r,I ha'n't got nuffin to complain ob in dat matter.

Which preposition to use with  complains