Which preposition to use with pig

in Occurrences 147%

There are light low tables and chairs, a family of guinea pigs in a large cage, and there is a cupboard which the children can reach.

of Occurrences 40%

"His Excellency the Governor-General, an official who has love for neither England nor the pigs of English.

with Occurrences 31%

The village detective soon coupled the feet of the missing pig with the unusual occurrence of a heap of bones before the door of the musician's abode, and by a process of reasoning unknown to the detectives of the present day, decided that those bones were a pig's bonesa stolen pig's bones, from the fact that the Piper did not earn enough to indulge in such luxuries as sucking-pigs.

for Occurrences 23%

And just as the farmers back home fatten a pig for market, so the girls are fattened and sold for slave wives.

to Occurrences 22%

The day before he wrote to one of Mrs. Thrale's little daughters:'I live here by my own self, and have had of late very bad nights; but then I have had a pig to dinner which Mr. Perkins gave me.

at Occurrences 18%

He left his guinea pig at his boarding house as he went by, but he said nothing about the other creature, so I knew he did not know it was there.

from Occurrences 15%

The Anoplothcridoe are intermediate between the first and the last; but this does not tell us whether the Ruminants have come from the Pigs, or the Pigs from Ruminants, or both from Anoplothcridoe, or whether Pigs, Ruminants, and Anoplotlicridoe alike may not have diverged from some common stock.

on Occurrences 14%

Thus, a lion is scratched on the grave of a man named Leo; a little pig on the grave of the little child Porcella, who had lived not quite four years; on the tomb of Dracontius is a dragon; and by the side of the following charming inscription is found the figure of a ship: NABIRA IN PACE

by Occurrences 12%

Shortly afterwards, catching up a sucking-pig by the tail and snout, he manipulated it precisely as the player did the accordion, producingaccordion to the testimony of several credible witnesses,strains quite as good as, if not worse than, those drawn out by that musician.

as Occurrences 7%

When I finally left them on the following day, we had become such good friends that I was compelled to accept a tamed wild pig as a present.

about Occurrences 5%

"They were coming to bite me," said Robin quickly, while it struck him as funny that the boy should knock the pigs about himself.

through Occurrences 5%

He crowds to the Bar like a pig through a hedge, and his gown is fortified with flankers about the shoulders to guard his ears from being galled with elbows.

into Occurrences 4%

Put the pig into cold water directly it is killed; let it remain for a few minutes, then immerse it in a large pan of boiling water for 2 minutes.

than Occurrences 4%

"It sounds more like the squeal of an iron pig than any thing else.

under Occurrences 3%

Squealing like a pig under a gate won't remedy the matter.

out Occurrences 3%

For the pickle boil a little milk and water, a few bay leaves and a little salt; when it is cold take your pig out of the cloths and put it into the pickle; you must shift it out of your pickle two or three times to make it white, the last pickle make strong, and put in a little whole pepper, a pretty large handful of salt, a few bay leaves, and so keep it for use.

like Occurrences 3%

He also gave them plenty of sour milk, which pigs like better than sweet milk.

without Occurrences 2%

There are pasture-lands where stock will fatten like pigs without any other feeding; there are fertile soils which will raise almost any crops, and there are intelligent Indians who can be taught to work and be useful members of society.

per Occurrences 1%

During the first 10 months of the war the figure actually rose to 50,000 pigs per week in that one city alone.

around Occurrences 1%

We must guard against that greed which would crowd out every one but ourselveslike pigs around a trough of sour milk!

throughout Occurrences 1%

Now, however, it has undergone as great a change as any breed in the kingdom, and by judicious crossing has become the most valuable we possess, being a very well-formed pig throughout, with a good head, a pleasant docile countenance, with moderate-sized drooping ears, a broad back, slightly curved, large chine and loins, with deep sides, full chest, and well covered with long thickly-set white hairs.

afore Occurrences 1%

Nobody knew whose turn it would be next, and the most sensible man there, Sam Jones, went straight off 'ome and killed his pig afore 'e went to work.

across Occurrences 1%

So he obeyed his third notion, which was to jump to where a big piece of dead wood lay, pick it up, and hit the foremost pig across the nose with it.

within Occurrences 1%

This accident led to the first order being issued by the provosts, to the effect that breeding pigs within the town was forbidden.

during Occurrences 1%

We were well satisfied with the profit we derived from our pigs during this second six months.

Which preposition to use with  pig