Which preposition to use with copying

of Occurrences 5648%

Else we are like a crab which should drag about Descartes, or as an ocean sucker which should hug a copy of Thucydides.

in Occurrences 671%

The person or entity that provided you with the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a refund.

from Occurrences 313%

Probably copied from a letter.

for Occurrences 96%

one year to one post-office (we writing the | | names of subscribers on each paper), and one copy for the | | year to the one who sends us the club ... $20.00 | | | | TWENTY COPIES.

after Occurrences 47%

Near the quarters of the British regulars I could see the men drawn up in line as if making ready to advance, and in the Tory camp there was a bustle and confusion such as might have been made by half-baked soldiers, while trying to copy after those who knew their business; but the Indians gave no signs of life, save as their squaws went about the ordinary camp work.

into Occurrences 43%

He is well acquainted with my MS., and I just copied into the middle of the blank sheet the words: "' ...

to Occurrences 40%

We got some advance copies out just in time for the Olympic Games, and I had the pleasure of presenting some copies to Commissioner Col. Thompson, Manager Halpin and others of the American Olympic Committee.

on Occurrences 38%

Footnotes: 1: The original of the leaf copied on the next page was picked from such a pile.

with Occurrences 34%

It is published in paper covers at 50 cents a copy with maps and illustrations, and is sent postpaid by the publishers on receipt of 50 cents.

at Occurrences 24%

"It's a good deal as though Michael Angelo, when he made one of his sketches, white on black, put a sheet of carbon under his paper and made a copy at the same time, black on white.

of Occurrences 21%

It deserves especial praise for its accurate copying of nature, the varied beauty of its coloring, and the deep longing of the heartthe hunger of the soulwhich must have inspired the fair artist.

by Occurrences 16%

Friends ignorant of the authorship sent her copies by every post within three or four days of publication, begging her to distribute the pamphlet as widely as possible.

as Occurrences 10%

[Although Tom is marked in the old copy as entering at the commencement of the scene, be does not really come in till now.]

out Occurrences 6%

The late Mr. Thomas Westwood, the son of the Westwoods with whom the Lambs lived at Edmonton, writing to Notes and Queries some thirty-five years ago, gave an amusing account of Lamb pitching presentation copies out of the window into the gardena Barry Cornwall, a Bernard Barton, a Leigh Hunt, and so forth.

from Occurrences 6%

I go at 12, and find men at the room copying from my big papers: I lecture from 1 to 2, and stop till after 3, and through the last hour some men are talking to me and others are copying from the papers; and I usually leave some men still at work.

without Occurrences 5%

The letter he carried was merely a copy without Hiram's signature; besides, he had no desire to reveal its contents.

per Occurrences 5%

It is estimated that Marathi newspapers collectively sell more than 50,000 copies per day.

among Occurrences 4%

They failed too, it may be, from the very paucity of the vegetable forms they could find to copy among the flora of this colder clime; and so, stopped short in drawing from nature, ran off into mere purposeless luxuriance.

before Occurrences 3%

But when Jim, proceeding to the jury-box, placed with equal politeness the remaining copies before the jury, the opposite counsel sprang to his feet.

in Occurrences 3%

In one of those quaint antique towers of Normandy, Coutances, it was first fully developed; and it is curious to see how in this instance its roof-origin was still remembered: for it has tall, gabled garret-windows rising from its base, connected by rude cross-bars to the slope of the spire; and it has a kind of scaly mail, Ruskin says, which is nothing more than the copying in stone of the common wooden shingles of the house-roof.

than Occurrences 3%

This last appears to me a more faithful copy than that printed by authority.]

during Occurrences 3%

They were copied and re-copied during the succeeding centuries and the scribes according to their knowledge, devotion or caprice made various additions, subtractions and occasional multiplications.

herewith Occurrences 2%

I solicit also, Messrs. Editors, your own acceptance of the copy herewith inclosed.

by Occurrences 2%

He ran a day and night line, copying by sun-light and by candle-light.

after Occurrences 2%

He uses good language or bad according to the examples heard; in fact, nearly everything a child does is the result of copying after others.

Which preposition to use with  copying