Which preposition to use with private

in Occurrences 71%

All other foods are, as it were, privates in Caesar's army.

of Occurrences 50%

But now he talked in private of "removing" the boy of whom he had hoped to make a tool.

to Occurrences 34%

"Your father's only a merchant, Osborne," Dobbin said in private to the little boy who had brought down the storm upon him.

with Occurrences 30%

"Signor Commendatore," he said in a low voice, as though fearing to be overheard, "may I be permitted to speak in private with you?" "Certainly," I said, and I took him in the lift up to my room.

as Occurrences 16%

When the national or regimental colors are taken from the stacks of the color line, the color bearer and guard, or the sergeant of the guard, unarmed, and two armed privates as a guard, will escort the colors to the colonel's quarters, as prescribed for the color guard in the drill regulations of the arm of the service to which the guard belongs. 90.

on Occurrences 9%

The indispensable function and privilege of a ministry is, to deliberate in concert and in private on the measures to be taken for the welfare of the state; but there could be little chance of concert, and certainly none of privacy, if every one who has ever been sworn a member of the Privy Council had a right to attend all its deliberations.

for Occurrences 7%

Oftentimes he is obdurate when reproved in private for a fault, but when brought to the tribunal of the disapproval of other children, he is chagrined, repents, and makes atonement.

than Occurrences 7%

My errand is rather of private than of public concern.

at Occurrences 6%

£5,296,864 200,000 privates at £45 a year . .

like Occurrences 6%

It may be worth saying here, that, seeing things in Nicaragua from a common soldier's befogged view-point, and having only general rumor, or the tales of privates like myself, for parts of an engagement where I was not present, I may easily make mistakes in the numbers, and otherwise do Walker and his officers, or the enemy, injustice.

from Occurrences 5%

A Corporal with a magnificent voice, an operatic singer before the war, came in to sing one night, and a Private from his Battalion played his accompaniment.

after Occurrences 3%

Mother gave me a list of her worries in private after tea that night.

characterfrom Occurrences 2%

The literary banditti who now govern France began their operations by ridiculing the King's private characterfrom ridicule they proceeded to calumny, and from calumny to treason; and perhaps the first libel that degraded him in the eyes of his subjects opened the path from the palace to the scaffold.

before Occurrences 2%

Whereas they be like so many horseleeches, hungry, griping, corrupt, covetous, avaritice mancipia, ravenous as wolves, for as Tully writes: qui praeest prodest, et qui pecudibus praeest, debet eorum utilitati inservire: or such as prefer their private before the public good.

under Occurrences 2%

If the lie were told in private under such circumstances, it was by such persons considered different from a public denial of one's faith.

by Occurrences 2%

When the guard is detailed from several organizations, rosters will be kept by the adjutant, of officers of the day and officers of the guard by name; by the sergeant major under the supervision of the adjutant, of sergeants, corporals, musicians, and privates of the guard by number per organization; and by first sergeants, of sergeants, corporals, musicians, and privates by name.

during Occurrences 1%

Keeping himself private during the days he departed in the night; and two days later Charles was conducted with a numerous[b] escort to the royal palace of Windsor.

into Occurrences 1%

A solemn treaty, ratified by the constitutional organs of the two powers, changed the private into a public right.

about Occurrences 1%

"Nothing very private about them.

over Occurrences 1%

Demoralizing, first, because it made the conduct of the Government an example of gross public immorality, through the predominance of private over public interests in the State, and the abuse of the powers of legislation for the advantage of classes.

above Occurrences 1%

At a table in the background two officers consulted with a private above an important-looking map, while another pleased-looking private stood at attention near by.

unto Occurrences 1%

Yudhishthiraapparently after reflecting for a moment, spake these words in private unto Dhananjaya, 'O Bharata, the whole science of arms dwelleth in Bhishma, and Drona, and Kripa, and Karna, and Drona's son.

Which preposition to use with  private