Which preposition to use with neighbour

of Occurrences 92%

The Colonel took it up, and read aloud the Father's thanks for all the white camp's kindness to Kaviak, and now that the sickness was about gone from Holy Cross, how the Fathers felt that they must relieve their neighbours of further trouble with the little native.

in Occurrences 90%

Every one stared at his neighbour in mute amazement, and only Fred Acton remained in sufficient possession of his faculties to gasp out, "What?"

as Occurrences 73%

And to that the other party will answer, Has not God said, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself?"

to Occurrences 51%

I lived neighbour to your maw, and they wasn't nobody else to be with her when you was born, and I went over.

on Occurrences 40%

But no such differences brought them any closer to their new neighbours on questions of land settlement.

at Occurrences 36%

Bruce's neighbour at dinner was the delicate, battered-looking actress, in a Royal fringe and a tight bodice with short sleeves, who had once been a celebrity, though no-one remembered for what.

with Occurrences 31%

"Look at him," the old man would say, nudging his neighbour with a delighted purple face, "did you ever see such a chap?

for Occurrences 26%

While, on the other hand; all rudeness, all ill- temper, all selfishness, all greediness are just so many sins against the grace of Christ, which grieve the Spirit of God, at the same time that they grieve our neighbours for whom Christ died, and cut us off, as long as we give way to them, from the communion of saints.

by Occurrences 19%

But we discomforted our neighbours by prospering mightily, so that there was talk of Uncle Andrew for the Provost's chair at the next vacancy.

from Occurrences 18%

Having displaced France in 1870 from her position of the first military power in Europe, Germany has endeavoured by fair and foul means to prevent her neighbour from again raising her head, and that policy alone is to blame for the suspicion and hatred which have marked Franco-German relations during the whole period and plunged Europe into an era of armaments, ending in a world war.

out Occurrences 6%

Here Madame Esmond caught sight of her friend's tall frame as it strode up and down before the windows; and gave up her cards to one of the other ladies, and joined her good neighbour out of doors.

across Occurrences 6%

Only a few specimens have been seen in England at present, but there is no reason to doubt that our rabbit-fanciers will prove equal to the occasion, and cope successfully with our neighbours across the Channel in introducing a new animal serviceable in the kitchen.

over Occurrences 5%

This is the 'cafe au lait' for which our neighbours over the Channel are so justly celebrated.

than Occurrences 5%

She seems really to live it, although I have found that contentment is easier to discover in the lives of our neighbours than in our own.

without Occurrences 5%

"Soon after I wrote my last letter to my dear child, I was seized with so violent a fever, accompanied with so many bad symptoms, my life was despaired of by the physician of Gottolengo, and I prepared myself for death with as much resignation as that circumstance admits: some of my neighbours without my knowledge, sent express for the doctor of this place, whom I have mentioned to you formerly as having uncommon secrets.

into Occurrences 3%

Nevertheless Rome, by seizing the keys to her neighbour's house, had converted that neighbour into an adversary who, should he recover his power, or should a favourable opportunity occur, might be expected to know how to break the silence.

against Occurrences 3%

Sadly, thanks to the proliferation of traditional top-down media and propaganda, both marketers and politicians have succeeded in their efforts to turn neighbour against neighbour, city against city, and nation against nation.

within Occurrences 3%

Two years past a family of French folkD'Aubigny was their namehad made a home in a meadow by that stream and built a house and a strong stockade, for they were in dangerous nearness to the hills, and had no neighbours within forty miles.

during Occurrences 2%

He had Tisbina with him; and as they were coming along, they overheard their neighbour during one of his paroxysms, and stopped to listen to what he said.

after Occurrences 2%

Their wars are not usually undertaken to possess themselves of the dominions of others, and I never heard of any except the people bordering on the pepper country that seized the dominions of their neighbours after victory.

under Occurrences 2%

If you do not want to be put under a foreign yoke, take time by the forelock, and put your neighbour under it himself; whenever, that is to say, his weakness offers you the opportunity.

about Occurrences 2%

Let us consult our neighbour about it.

around Occurrences 1%

The two brothers, whose bringing up had been so different, and whose ideas and politics were far removed, nevertheless find their mutual companionship very pleasant, and every evening over their port wine relate their respective adventures and experiences, while George has also much to tell of his friends and neighbours around him.

among Occurrences 1%

They travelled on horseback, or in heavy carriages drawn by oxen; and had little other amusement than in the care of their dependants, and the familiar intercourse of neighbours among whom there was no rivalry or principle of ostentation.

through Occurrences 1%

In the rare intervals between the firing she went out and spoke to her neighbours through the cellar gratings"My husband is dead.

Which preposition to use with  neighbour