Which preposition to use with informer

of Occurrences 707%

He also told me a great many things that Blowitz had said to himhe had a great opinion of himsaid he was so marvellously well-informed of all that was going on.

against Occurrences 49%

"It's the last day you'll sell opium to white men," insisted Dave, "for, as soon as I'm through here I'm going to the police station to inform against you.

as Occurrences 46%

They were gorgeous ghost stories, for they were told by a man fully informed as to all the legendary and gruesome details.

on Occurrences 44%

If everyone in the plot signed the oath, it would be a dangerous thing indeed for anyone to inform on the rest, because they would immediately produce the paper which showed him as guilty as they.

in Occurrences 36%

But Sergeant Corney, experienced as he was in such matters, seemed to know as if he had been informed in so many words that insubordination was rife in the camp, and at a time when it was in the highest degree necessary the men should move in harmony.

about Occurrences 25%

When, however, he had crossed to Brundusium and had been informed about the will and the people's second thought, he made no delay, particularly because he had considerable money and numerous soldiers who had been sent on under his charge, but he immediately assumed the name of Caesar, succeeded to his estate, and began to busy himself with the situation.

with Occurrences 20%

"In September, 1914, the following paragraph appeared in the papers: 'Several ladies engaged in Red Cross work on Cologne Station were informed with every assurance of truth, that a hospital at Aix-la-Chapelle contained a whole ward full of wounded whose eyes had been gouged out on the battlefields of Belgium.'

at Occurrences 18%

One lady who ultimately found her way to our own Kindergarten told me that she had been informed at the L.C.C. offices that there were no Kindergartens in London.

than Occurrences 18%

But there is another question in Africa upon which our "ignorant" Labour class is far better informed than our dear old eighteenth-century upper class which still squats so firmly in our Foreign and Colonial Offices, and that is the question of forced labour.

against Occurrences 6%

I do not care to turn informer against my comrades.

from Occurrences 6%

Julio, we will that thou inform from us Renuchio the captain of our guard, That we command this traitor be convey'd Into the dungeon underneath our tower; There let him rest, until he be resolv'd What farther we intend; which to understand We will Renuchio repair to us.

of Occurrences 4%

Out of any hundred outlaws in the records of a hundred years, some ninety-nine had come to grief through the increasing numbers of their following and lack of discipline; he could think of a dozen who had been betrayed by paid informers of the government, posing as friendly brigands.

through Occurrences 3%

CHAPTER IX THE QUARRY Sarrion called at the convent school of the Sisters of the True Faith the next morning, and was informed through the grating that the school was in Retreat.

by Occurrences 3%

"We commend this letter to you as a sure proof that we ourselves are to be trusted, since, if it should fall into the hands of an informer by the way, our lives undoubtedly would pay the forfeit.

to Occurrences 3%

This being the exact number called to surrender by the terms of the armistice, it would appear the allied conference was fully informed to that effect, and thereby was enabled to strip Germany of the last of these vessels, whose record of murder and piracy at sea is without any precedent whatever in history.

in Occurrences 3%

The answer is direct and simple: Every individual Social Democratand men, women, and children, they number some twenty millionshas for years past been a spy and informer in the interests of the Umsturzpartei (overthrow-party).

on Occurrences 2%

In order, if possible, to lessen this hostility, they frequently became informers on others engaged in the same traffic.

as Occurrences 2%

"Hall returned in half an hour with the father in his custody, and produced a great quantity of black silk handkerchiefs, which he had found on the premises; but the desk, which had been spoken of by his informers as containing stolen property, he had found quite empty.

for Occurrences 2%

He had 'not seen the informer for six weeks, except the last evening, when he brought a hack load of negroes to the tavern where he and his partner were lodgers.' "'Were two boys among the number?' "'Yes.' "'Were they gagged?' "'Yes.'

at Occurrences 1%

Just outside Limerick, in the town of Ennis in the county of ClareClare as well as Kerry has the reputation of shooting down informers at sightthere dwells the most loved bishop in Ireland.

throughout Occurrences 1%

Joseph Jefferson's impersonation of Bob Acres is inimitable for fidelity to the spirit of the original, and informed throughout with exquisite humor that never degenerates into coarseness.

among Occurrences 1%

And it was known by the better informed among the Grasmere people that Mr. Steadman was saving money, and had shares in the North-Western Railway.

from Occurrences 1%

Every member of society feels and acknowledges the necessity of detecting crimes, yet scarce any degree of virtue or reputation is able to secure an informer from publick hatred.

over Occurrences 1%

The expression of his countenance was filled with that look of calm superiority which certainty gives to the well-informed over the doubting and deceived.

without Occurrences 1%

Knowledge of the world must be combined with study, for this, as well as better reasons: the possession of learning is always invidious, and it requires considerable tact to inform without a display of superiority, and to ensure esteem, as well as call forth admiration.

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