Which preposition to use with landlady

of Occurrences 39%

" As an inspiration, there came to her the thought of the little bottle that the good-natured landlady of "Les Trois Frères" had given her.

in Occurrences 14%

A stout, middle-aged person, without any of the outward characteristics that are so often bestowed upon landladies in general, opened the door and looked at them inquiringly.

at Occurrences 11%

Uncle John arranged with Mrs. Kebble, the landlady at the hotel, to board all the "help" at moderate charge.

with Occurrences 8%

'The little room'about eight feet squarehad no other name; it was always spoken of affectionately by the boarders, and by the landlady with pride in its coziness.

to Occurrences 5%

Gammer Grime, Landlady to Gayman, a Smith's Wife in Alsatia, Mrs. Powell.

from Occurrences 3%

He thought some one would tell him when to get off, but he was sitting up with a landlady from some place in Georgia that we owed a lot of money for feeding the freaks, and she was threatening that if she didn't get her money she would have the heart's blood of some one.

for Occurrences 3%

We are by the seaside in a still less house, and we have exchanged a very pretty landlady for a very ugly one, but she is equally attractive to us.

into Occurrences 2%

Having helped her landlady into bed, she ran down-stairs to try and appease the indignant lodgers, who protested, and with truth, that they had rung, rung, rung, and no one answered the bell; that they wanted tea, that Miss Webster had undertaken to wait on them, that they were not waited on, and that accordingly they would seek other lodgings on the morrow, they would, &c., &c. "Miss Webster, ma'am, is very ill to-night.

about Occurrences 2%

Seeing how enraptured I was with them, my aunt took them for a month, with the privilege of a year, made arrangements with the landlady about meals and linen, and I was to take possession in two days; during which time I saw Aunt Betsey safely started on her homeward journey towards Dover, dreading to leave me, but exulting in the coming discomfiture of the vagrant donkeys.

after Occurrences 2%

Her remarks to the landlady after two dinners and one supper were of a character not to be endured by any outspoken, free-born New England woman.

against Occurrences 1%

Kate instantly divined that he had been warning the landlady against admitting strangers to the sick man's room.

as Occurrences 1%

Dab Kinzer and Ford Foster, in particular, had no idea that the world contained such a place as Grantley, or such a landlady as Mrs. Myers.

beside Occurrences 1%

She was talking to the landlady beside the window.

on Occurrences 1%

He was fortunate enough not to meet his landlady on the stairs.

Which preposition to use with  landlady