Which preposition to use with cows

in Occurrences 72%

I had seen them hopping about, when I went to turn away the cows in the morning, or after them at night.

with Occurrences 47%

He left Vareddes with his wife, in a farm-cart, driving a cow with them.

for Occurrences 41%

I always thought if we'd had a fresh cow for that other one, hit would 'a' lived.

to Occurrences 33%

" He said to her: "From the thorn to the egg, from the egg to the hen, from the hen to the buck, from the buck to the sheep, from the sheep to the calf, from the calf to the cow, from the cow to the old woman, from the old woman to the young girl, and now come and marry me.

at Occurrences 30%

They hoed and cultivated sixteen acres of field corn, ten acres of ensilage corn, five acres of beans, five acres of potatoes; carried sheaves of rye and wheat to the shocks and shocked them; and two of the students milked seven cows at each milking time.

by Occurrences 24%

He nearly poisoned his red cow by an over-dose of castor-oil; and Peter the Cruel, so called because the groom once said he had a cruel face, took two boxes of opium pills (boxes and all) in his mash, without ill consequences.

of Occurrences 23%

There was Cistercian Street, and the Red Cow of his youth; there was the quaint old Grey Friars Square, with its blackened trees and garden, surrounded by ancient houses of the build of the last century, now slumbering like pensioners in the sunshine.

from Occurrences 21%

They bought a cow from one of the neighbors, but before the summer was over brought her back indignantly, declaring that she would give no milk.

on Occurrences 18%

But Elemental Cow on earth) Began to lick cold stones and mud: Under her warm tongue flesh and blood Blossomed, a miracle to believe:

out Occurrences 11%

"That," said John, with a broad grin, "was Grizzel chasing the humble-cow out of the close.

into Occurrences 9%

He had staked a valuable horse; he had smashed a patent reaper; he had set fire to the ranch, and burnt up five hundred acres of bunch grass; and he had turned some of our quiet domestic cows into wild beasts, becauseas he put ithe wished to become a vaquero.

as Occurrences 9%

At a later date he was enabled to hire five hundred men to assist him to transport his goods, and presented each with a cow as a reward for his services.

under Occurrences 4%

Still, undaunted by the alarming prospects before us, we immediately resumed travel with cows under yoke in place of the freshly injured oxen.

before Occurrences 4%

He came near and made out a barelegged boy, riding without a saddle and driving a cow before him.

like Occurrences 3%

He, with his weak, good nature, seemed from that day to have remained annihilated, tamed, cowed like a frightened animal.

through Occurrences 3%

The orb just mentioned was approaching the horizon, when, in an adjoining county to that in which was situated the hospitable mansion of Midbranch, a little negro boy about ten years old was driving some cows through a gateway that opened on a public road.

after Occurrences 3%

" "And do we still drive out to Pré-Catelan to milk the cows after an adventurous night, mademoiselle?"

during Occurrences 3%

The food for the cows during this period cost us but $4 50, which we paid for oil-cake, of which, when the weather became cold, they had two pounds each daily.

without Occurrences 3%

The animals of the country are the lion, the elephant, the rhinoceros, the unicorn, horses, mules, oxen, and cows without number.

across Occurrences 2%

John says you can't take a stick and strike a cow across the back, without her milk being that much worse, and as for drinking the milk that comes from a cow that isn't kept clean, you'd better throw it away and drink water.

along Occurrences 2%

" It was a long, empty building, with the mangers of the cows along one wall.

over Occurrences 2%

He had punched cows over those ranges for ten years, and his experience had made him a wildcat in a fight.

than Occurrences 2%

Yesterday the bells upon his cart would have sounded sour, but this morning they rattle agreeably, as though a brisker cow than common, springtime in her hoofs, were jangling to her pasture.

within Occurrences 2%

The tiger had killed the cow within a few feet of me, and escaped scathless.

by Occurrences 1%

A little picture called 'Eventide' or 'Cows by Moonlight', or something of that sort, in those jolly stories means ten thousand pounds a year at once.

Which preposition to use with  cows