Which preposition to use with corn

in Occurrences 148%

When last heard of he was at Alexandria, and there is no corn in Egypt, now.

for Occurrences 79%

I found I was an hour too early; so I went and talked to Chloe a little, scattered crumbs for the first-come birds and corn for the chickens, and looked down the deep, deep well, with its curb lichened over, into the dark pupil of water, whose iris is never disturbed, unless by the bucket that hung in such gibbety repose on the lofty extreme of the great sweep, that creaked dismally, uttering a pitiful cry of complaint.

from Occurrences 58%

Supposing there to be a doubt in the camp as to the fittest day to fight a battle, the letter of every day in the week would be placed face downwards, and a grain of corn placed on each; then the sacred cock would be let loose, and, according to the letters he pecked his corn from, so would the battle-time be regulated.

of Occurrences 49%

Till the corn of this is reaped.

on Occurrences 42%

Can you grow corn on these hills, or make pastures of these rocky lowlands?

to Occurrences 35%

Great famine in Rome; Sp. Mælius distributes corn to the citizens, for which he is accused of wishing to be king, and is assassinated by Servilius Ahala.

with Occurrences 29%

TWO O'CLOCK.Immense excitement has been created on 'Change by a report that JAY GOULD had been observed discussing Corn with a prominent Government official.

at Occurrences 27%

HALT-PAST TWO.It is now ascertained that the Corn they were discussing was Hot Corn at lunch.

per Occurrences 24%

Perhaps the best way to realise the problem is to reflect that every adult inhabitant needed about four and a half pecks of corn per month, or some three pounds a day; so that if the population of Rome be taken at half a million in Cicero's time, a million and a half pounds would be demanded as the daily consumption of the people.

by Occurrences 14%

Pray keep as little corn by you as you can, for fear of the worst.

into Occurrences 13%

By means of heavy stones the squaws the corn into meal.

than Occurrences 9%

This year, 1790, since the establishment of copyholders, though several less acres were planted last year in Guinea corn than usual, yet we have been able to sell several hundred bushels at a high price, and we have still a great stock in hand.

without Occurrences 5%

I have left a paper with her in which I state that we were prepared to advise free trade in corn without gradation and without delay; but that I could support Sir Robert Peel in any measure which he should think more practicable.

over Occurrences 5%

On the evening of my sixteenth birthday, we were all having a very merry time in papa's study, popping corn over the open fire.

during Occurrences 4%

He was also very liberal in the distribution of corn during a severe famine.

as Occurrences 4%

And the young couple then lived fairly at their ease, on the produce of those fields and such small quantities of corn as the peasants of the district still brought to be ground at the old mill.

like Occurrences 3%

" "Have I got to eat the corn like that man opposite?" he asked anxiously.

among Occurrences 3%

I distributed bread and corn among them.

before Occurrences 3%

give me a single grain of corn before all the jewels in the world.

between Occurrences 3%

So I was as content as he to keep the corn between us.

through Occurrences 3%

The terrific hail-storm of the summer of 1843, which destroyed the crops of corn through several of the eastern and midland counties of this kingdom, was a calamity in the original sense of the word.

out Occurrences 2%

What little remainder of corn had been in the bag was all devoured with the rats, and I saw nothing in the bag but husks and dust; and being willing to have the bag for some other use (I think, it was to put powder in, when I divided it for fear of the lightning, or some such use,) I shook the husks of corn out of it, on one side of my fortification, under the rock.

about Occurrences 2%

"I acknowledge the corn about the gang-hook; but that has nothing to do with an up-to-date, repeating shotgun, and other things such as modern campers use.

after Occurrences 2%

After receiving a reproof from Hanno for this conduct, who told them, that not even hunger, which excited dumb animals to exertion, could stimulate them to diligence, another day was named when they were to fetch the corn after better preparation.

towards Occurrences 2%

One day as they were consulting what to do to get the tank to fill, they saw a Jogi corning towards them with a lota in his hand; they at once called to him to come and advise them, for they thought that, as he spent his time wandering from country to country, he might somewhere have learned some thing which would be of use to them.

Which preposition to use with  corn