Which preposition to use with owning

in Occurrences 366%

Kipling is the brother of that early man: he is a forest-sage, and would have held his own in other times.

to Occurrences 220%

They felt they had been making tools of themselves; yet it would never have done to own to such a thing.

with Occurrences 105%

Nor was that all, for I became an epicure in the matter of bullets, and made my own with the care of a goldsmith.

against Occurrences 97%

And, in like manner, Forbes suggested that, after the glacial epoch, the northern animals then inhabiting the sea became restricted to the deeps in which they could hold their own against invaders from the south, better fitted than they to flourish in the warmer waters of the shallows.

on Occurrences 85%

No closer tie I owned on earth than bound me to her side; No closer tie; I loved her more than all the world beside.

for Occurrences 81%

So, so, the old Gentleman is departed this wicked World, and the House is our own for this Night.

by Occurrences 61%

He may have stolen everything we own by this time.

at Occurrences 58%

With the people to back himabundant means of his own at | | his disposal, he is devoting his life to this paper, the | | people who support it, the cause it advocates, and the | | principles it defends, without fear, favor, or hope for | | reward.

as Occurrences 55%

But when Mr. Lang, who has no hypothesis of his own as to the origin of belief in God, brings the animistic theory to an à posteriori test, he finds it encumbered with still greater difficulties; for nothing is as, à priori, it ought to be.

from Occurrences 41%

They form a large circle, often of a circumference of two hundred miles, and drive the cattle towards a common centre, where, all the stock being branded, each owner can readily separate his own from the general herd, and then he drives them to his own ranch.

of Occurrences 26%

Since my residence at Haddam neck, I have owned of boats, canoes and sail vessels, not less than twenty.

without Occurrences 22%

Thank God, men in the North can now come to their own without going down on their knees to the South!"

into Occurrences 20%

Others took hold of their swords and then ran their own into the bodies of the men opposite, who had been made as good as unarmed.

about Occurrences 16%

" While his hand was on the latch, she spoke again: "Mr. Clamp, did you ever look over the deed of the land we own about the dam where the mill stands?" "No, ma'am, I have never seen it.

within Occurrences 15%

So while I had set my sights on travelling far and wide my parents wisely thought that I should begin by learning to manage on my own within Goa itself.

among Occurrences 14%

The honor of this summons was reflected in the increased dignity of the elder Giustinian, and in a tinge of urbanity new to him, as he parted from Paolo Caghari and Marcantonio, who remained standing on the floor of the hall, to take his seat among the senators in the seats running around the chamber, as on the previous day, instead of the one rightfully his own among the higher Council who were to pronounce the laudatory words.

than Occurrences 10%

" Captain Wentworth, who was sitting down at a writing-table in another part of the room, engaged in correspondence, seemed very much interested in this conversation; and a few minutes later he placed before Anne, with eyes of glowing entreaty, a letter addressed to "Miss A. E." "I offer myself to you again," he wrote, "with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it eight years and a half ago.

through Occurrences 9%

And, in verity, I did be exceeding strong and of great hardness of body; and mayhap my will did be somewhat this way also, else do I think I had never borne to come unto Mine Own through so much desolation.

under Occurrences 9%

It accepted the protection of France in Rome and its immediate neighborhood, but declined further aid, as it was raising forces of its own under a French general, Lamoricière.

near Occurrences 7%

Herbette, the architect, who became her husband, was a handsome, elegant man, already celebrated; he owned near Monvel a park-like estate, where he came to rest at times from the fatigue of his labors in Paris.

beneath Occurrences 7%

" Upon this, without more ado, Robin Hood unbuckled his sword from his side and handed it to the other, who thrust it with his own beneath his arm.

before Occurrences 7%

" Edi became flushed, for it came into his mind how long he had searched for an example after which he might take part and yet hold his own before his father.

Like Occurrences 6%

" She came and knelt beside him, took his hand, Looked deep into his ardent eyes,her own Like stars that shone into his inmost soul.

out Occurrences 6%

And I saw that there was a great and ruddy fire-hole anigh to me; and I was all sure that I had perceived certain caves in the wall of the Gorge, near to that fire, as I past it on mine upward way; and I had been given a mighty longing of heart at that time, that it be given to me that I should bring safe Mine Own out of the peril that beset her, and have her unto just such a place for her slumber, on the way of our journey backward.

during Occurrences 5%

Vassili and his sister the marquisea stout lady in ruby velvet and amethysts, who invariably caused Maggie Delafield's mouth to twitch whenever she opened her own during the eveningreceived the guests in the drawing-room

Which preposition to use with  owning