Which preposition to use with folk

of Occurrences 269%

The folk of the plains called it the Cauldstaneslap, and it made an easy path for sheep and cattle between the Lothians and Tweeddale.

in Occurrences 238%

They are plain dealing, honest, trusty folk in the aggregate, albeit, there are what Tom Benton calls, 'dirty dogs.'

at Occurrences 106%

There are six posts between here and the South Fork, so when the folk at Frew's hear seven shots they will know that the war is on the Rappahannock.

on Occurrences 47%

I am hob and nob with your folks on both sides of the family, and my word for it, the relationship is written all over you.

from Occurrences 46%

If we're slack, we'll be snowed under by folks from Eastern Europe whose rules and habits are not ours.

to Occurrences 42%

Now this in itself would not, perhaps, be called deep, because others have said the same thing before, but, coming from a man like GRANT, it set folks to thinking, and it is not surprising that something of this sort went the rounds:

like Occurrences 41%

"It was folks like you," he concluded crisply; "folks who didn't mind their own business.

with Occurrences 35%

and with loud cries of joy the little folk with willing feet followed the splendid-looking, tall man, running all round him.

for Occurrences 29%

And she need not blame folks for slighting her.

as Occurrences 13%

I'm willin' to work cheap for such folks as them.

about Occurrences 11%

"Are you a warlock, Mr. Campbell, that you can spirit folk about the country at your pleasure?

into Occurrences 8%

On the electric train they were whizzed among many sleepy folk into a sleeping town, Oakland, drowsing and silent.

around Occurrences 8%

The folks around here won't go near that Jamison place nohow.

out Occurrences 8%

However, I believe students of agriculture will agree with me that deforestation, increased erosion, and aggrading gravel banks probably drove the folk out of Saylla.

by Occurrences 8%

To the young man and the ripening maiden, then, their love came as naturally as violets and clover-blooms, and was as little likely to take their parents or the familiar country-folk by surprise.

up Occurrences 7%

"Folks up yit?" asked Judkins.

during Occurrences 6%

Title: Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine Author: Edwin Waugh Release Date: November 19, 2003

among Occurrences 6%

Be that as it may, the good folk of Trinidad (and, to judge from their descendants, there must have been good folk among them) grew, from the failure of the cacao plantations, exceeding poor; so that in 1733 they had to call a meeting at San Josef, in order to tax the inhabitants, according to their means, toward thatching the Cabildo hall with palm-leaves.

over Occurrences 5%

I was layin' off to go over to the Deep Spring neighbourhood when I could git a lift in that directionthe folks over yon is mighty accommodative," she concluded, "but I was took sooner than I expected, and hyer we air without a stitch, I've done sont Bud an' Honey to Mandy Ann Foncher's mebby they'll bring in somethin'.

than Occurrences 5%

Uncle Sam could get more by appeals to simple folk than by homilies preached to the rich.

within Occurrences 4%

Moreover, I have met divers folk within the greenwood and upon the forest-road yonder, and with all do I hold converse.

without Occurrences 3%

"I don't recollect no big change after freedom cept they quit selling and working folks without giving them money.

above Occurrences 3%

The congregation is of a complex description; you may see in it the "Grecian bend" and the coal scuttle hood, the buff waistcoat and the dark moleskin coat; but in the main the worshippers are of a quiet well-assorted characterpartly working class, partly middle-class, with a sprinkling of folk above and below both.

near Occurrences 2%

There's something 'round the fireplace that no club can imitate, And no throng can ever equal just a few folks near the grate; Though I sometimes like an opera, there's no music quite so sweet As the singing of the neighbors that you're always glad to meet; Oh, I know when they come calling that the fun will soon begin, And I'm happiest those evenings when a few good friends drop in.

against Occurrences 2%

First he gave up Fredrik Ström, who was quickest at saying unpleasant things; then Sivert, because he never said a word, but went on selling; at last he stuck to following his former clerk, and trying to set folk against him wherever he went in.

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