Which preposition to use with firsts

of Occurrences 2580%

It was the first of one of the outlying clusters of this universe.

in Occurrences 358%

The Guards and Highlanders strove in friendly emulation who should be first in the Russian redoubt; but Sir Colin, well ahead of his own men was first in the battery shouting: "We'll hae nane but Highland bonnets here!" and his troops rushed in after him like lions.

to Occurrences 94%

How often she had stood at that very window devouring these same words, not realizing then, as she did now, what deep meaning was in each phrase, how the feeling expressed increased from the first to the last.

on Occurrences 72%

"No one," said the little Pilgrim, "to whom I was the first on earth; but they loved me all the same; and if I could only, only let them know"

at Occurrences 51%

When the army of relief forced its way into Lucknow, Kavanagh was always near the commander-in-chief; and, when at length they drew near to the besieged, he was one of the first at the Residency, and as he approached a loud cheer burst forth from his old associates.

among Occurrences 40%

Several insurrections burst out in the empire; the first among the Basques of Aquitaine; the next in Italy, where Bernard, son of Pépin, having, after his father's death, become king in 812, with the consent of his grandfather Charlemagne, could not quietly see his kingdom pass into the hands of his cousin Lothair at the orders of his uncle Louis.

by Occurrences 38%

Hence its real nature is at first by no means apparent, and has been the subject of much discussion.

with Occurrences 38%

I was told off to go in the first with the Princess Royal, Countess Karolyi (wife of the Austrian ambassador, a beautiful young woman), and Andrassy.

for Occurrences 28%

" "I got a date here now any minute, Gert, and the sooner you" "You're the guy who passed up the Sixty-first for the Safety First regiment.

from Occurrences 21%

They bore the sacks on the right shoulder, lifting the first from the ground and adjusting it without help, but obtaining aid for the raising of the second.

as Occurrences 17%

The honorable gentlemen whom the Emperor intrusted with this important task, forming a committee ad hoc, declared from the first as a principle that the emancipated peasants must have land, about in the same quantity as they had hitherto occupied, on condition of a pecuniary indemnity to be paid to the proprietors.

into Occurrences 10%

Or if the cortical secretion pours in an overwhelming amount of its secretion from the first into the blood there will be no fear, but anger immediately.

through Occurrences 7%

Soul therefore is all things, and is elegantly said by Olympiodorus to be an omniform statue ([Greek: pammorphon agalma]): for it contains such things as are first through participation, but such as are posterior to its nature, after the manner of an exemplar.

amongst Occurrences 6%

Had she suffered a real grievance, the first amongst numberless deeds of tenderness, and having resented it like an "old beast," forgiven it like a "new" one?

against Occurrences 6%

Without doubt there were many others killed and wounded in the unsuccessful counter-attacks, particularly the first against Sheikh Hasan, when many heavy shells were seen to fall in the enemy's ranks.

under Occurrences 6%

The reverend authors in proof of their unqualified assertion, that Thomas Clarkson and the Committee acted from the first under William Wilberforce's directions, refer to "MS.

without Occurrences 5%

I was brought up from the first without any religious belief, in the ordinary acceptation of the term.

than Occurrences 4%

He recognizes the universal gravitating or contractile force, from which, as successive sequences, proceed heat and expansion; but he does not suggest that spirit has any more to do with the first than with any succeeding term in the series.

out Occurrences 4%

Mrs. Willoughby was the first out of her room, as was ever the case when there was anything to be done.

about Occurrences 4%

Their conversation was at first about cotton crops, the prices of negroes, and other business matters, to which Tom paid little attention.

within Occurrences 4%

Passing through another door bolted like the first within side, he issued upon the roof.

down Occurrences 3%

" Tippy Toes was the first down stairs after Grandpa Grumbles.

beyond Occurrences 3%

These people are the first beyond the Province on the opposite side of the Rhone.

after Occurrences 3%

Its final revision was to have been a work of the winter of 1858-9, the first after my retirement, which we had arranged to pass in the south of Europe.

until Occurrences 2%

We will leave the first until another time.

Which preposition to use with  firsts