Which preposition to use with noon

of Occurrences 107%

To further enlist your tolerance, Gertie Slayback's eyes were as blue as the noon of June, and James P. Batch, in a belted-in coat and five kid finger-points protruding ever so slightly and rightly from a breast pocket, was hewn and honed in the image of youth.

on Occurrences 86%

It was towards noon on the sixth day after landing (they had come to speak of this now as a voluntary affair), when they were electrified by hearing strange voices; looked up from their work, and saw two white men seated on a big cake of ice going down the river with the current.

to Occurrences 52%

We will leave Dick here to guard Jones, and if we do not return by noon to-morrow Dick will know that he must shift for himself.

in Occurrences 32%

The break at noon in the great manufactories, as well as in the family workshop, is long, averaging one hour and a half, and reaching often to two hours.

for Occurrences 15%

This is proper at noon for a side-dish.

at Occurrences 14%

Next day I accompanied the party over to Glenlea, about five miles distant, and at noon at a spot previously arranged, we found the ladies awaiting us with luncheon spread under the trees.

with Occurrences 12%

He walked away from the dining hall one noon with his pastor-friend, and he talked.

from Occurrences 8%

When the children returned at noon from school they were still full of their vivid impression of Salo's sudden appearance and departure.

until Occurrences 7%

Here it was given out they would remain from noon until midnight, awaiting a fruit express which would pick them up and deliver them at terminus.

into Occurrences 4%

Taking the western branch, which would lead us towards the Yule, we followed it up until long past noon into a hilly country, without meeting with water; we, however, saw a large extent of fine grazing land which would make an excellent summer station when the flats were inundated.

by Occurrences 3%

It was nearly noon by this time, and hot, and I was afraid he would get a sunstroke; so I waked him and told him that if it was a rest he needed,and he was free to take it,he could go into the room at the head of the stairs, where he would find a couch and lie down comfortably.

under Occurrences 3%

In the morning, in the embalsamed walks on the pine grove; at noon under the dark shadow of the plane trees, lulled by the murmur of the fountain; in the evening on the cool terrace, or in the still warm threshing yard bathed in the faint blue radiance of the first stars, they lived with rapture their straitened life, their only ambition to live always together, indifferent to all else.

as Occurrences 2%

The two stallions were obviously guards, but what should they be guarding against in the broad light of day except that terrible destroyer who hunts as well at noon as at midnightman!

during Occurrences 2%

We arrived in good order at night on the banks of the river, and we rested every day at noon during the fifteen days of our journey, as we were now considered to be out of danger from any attack by the Tartars.

amid Occurrences 2%

Her long with ardent Look his Eye pursued Delighted, but desiring more her stay: Oft he to her his Charge of quick return Repeated; she to him as oft engaged To be return'd by noon amid the Bower.

without Occurrences 1%

When the princess woke and found that she had been abandoned, she began to weep and wept from dawn to noon without ceasing; at noon a being, in the guise of an old woman appeared and asked her why she wept, and comforted her and promised to lead her out of the wood and told her that Chando had had compassion on her and would allow her to find her husband again if they both lived.

around Occurrences 1%

All hollow vaults and dungeons sealed from sight, All caverns circumscribed with roof and wall, Defend dark Night, though noon around her fall, From the fierce play of solar day-beams bright.

before Occurrences 1%

Picrochole incontinently grew angry and furious, and without making any further question, he had it cried throughout his country that every man, under pain of hanging, should assemble in arms at noon before his castle.

like Occurrences 1%

V. Morns like these we parted; Noons like these she rose, Fluttering first, then firmer, To her fair repose.

near Occurrences 1%

"We meet Tuesday at noon near the Auteuil station beneath the first arch of the viaduct.

ou Occurrences 1%

Those who entertain such an idle opinion, would do well to meditate on the profound observation of Heraclitus, "that polymathy does not teach intellect," ([Greek: Polymathic noon ou didaskei]).

towards Occurrences 1%

But, if I turn my eyes at noon towards the sun, I cannot avoid the ideas which the light or sun then produces in me.

within Occurrences 1%

And the manner of it, thus: As we sat together of a certain fair noon within Holy Cross Thicket, there came to us thither a woman, young, methinks, and fair, for her speech was soft and wondrous sweet in mine ears.

after Occurrences 1%

To see Gilbert, valise in hand, eight dollars in pocket, leaving Charlestown on a Friday noon after school, was equal to watching Columbus depart for an unknown land.

Which preposition to use with  noon