Which preposition to use with sake

of Occurrences 3359%

But his trade is not trade for the sake of money!

as Occurrences 20%

And I brought it away as much for your sake as for his.

than Occurrences 10%

J.W.'s farmer was quite ready to talk about the new barn equipment and how it was working, and he had remarkably few complaints, these more for form's sake than anything else.

in Occurrences 8%

"For thy dear sake in the first place, and" "Nay, mock me not, friend, for I do know myself of none account.

to Occurrences 6%

He was a member of the leading clubs, and, while passionately fond of horses, affected also a taste for art and literature, going for fashion's sake to extreme opinions.

for Occurrences 3%

I have come to ask everyone of you whether you are ready and willing to give sufficiently for your country's sake for country's honour and for religion.

at Occurrences 3%

But we are not and therefore I feel myself under obligation and only to Christ but to India for His sake at this time of momentous importance for her future.

from Occurrences 2%

Alexis, you restrained yourself for my sake from taking the life of this wretch when you heard him plotting against me; you will now act as executioner.

by Occurrences 2%

We must not corrupt the love of the good for its own sake by mixing with it the hope of future reward, which at the best is admissible only as a counter-weight against evil passions.

with Occurrences 2%

At the first glance Mathieu had detected that the child was one of those who are fed on pap, stuffed for economy's sake with bread and water, and fated to all the stomachic complaints of early childhood.

ob Occurrences 1%

Den de captain talk wid massa 'bout buyin' me, and I got to be such a torn-down critter, massa glad to let me go for most anyting, for de sake ob gettin' rid ob me.

among Occurrences 1%

"The gorgeous feast it lasted till the seventh day was o'er. Siegelind, the wealthy, did as they did of yore; She won for valiant Siegfried the hearts of young and old, When for his sake among them she shower'd the ruddy gold.

before Occurrences 1%

The appreciation of nature is a quite modern taste, for although people have always loved the scenery which reminds them of home, it was not at all fashionable in England to love nature for its own sake before 1740.

after Occurrences 1%

So it was that the shabby, ugly little villa where his boyhood had been spent on the outskirts of a town famous for its grammar-school, and where his mother settled for her boy's sake after her husband's death, had been peopled to young Varick with visions of just such a country home as was this wonderful old house now before him.

oferour Occurrences 1%

It behoves you, therefore, to be merciful to this Stranger, if only for the sake oferour mutual nephew.

offor Occurrences 1%

I must go up, and make things right, for the sake offor everybody's sake.

Out Occurrences 1%

Thou hast thought of me with love, And for thy sake Out of my Father's kingdom Have I come hither: I am the Master of the Flowers.

under Occurrences 1%

Luke poked a good-sized piece of the sake under the cage cover.

Unto Occurrences 1%

I know you kind and loyal, And bound by many a favour to my mistress: Say, will you bear this letter for her sake Unto her aunt, the rich and holy lady Who rules the nuns of Kitzingen?

Which preposition to use with  sake