Which preposition to use with seeds

of Occurrences 845%

Peel and remove seeds of oranges; cut into quarters and lay them in the boiling syrup; let cook ten minutes.

in Occurrences 201%

Nature takes care, however, that not one seed in a million shall germinate at all, and of those that do perhaps not one in ten thousand is suffered to live through the many vicissitudes of storm, drought, fire, and snow-crushing that beset their youth.

for Occurrences 73%

They had provided ploughs and other agricultural gear, seeds for the harvest fields and for the gardens, poultry for the farmyards.

from Occurrences 56%

Cut off the tops and remove the seeds from large sweet peppers.

to Occurrences 41%

"We're growing a new variety of corn and want to keep the seed to ourselves.

on Occurrences 31%

I asked the boy if the hounds would trail a white man without hurting him, and he said if you put anise seed on their shoes the hounds will trail 'em all right, so we put up a job to have some fun.

with Occurrences 28%

Then mix 1 cup of fine poppy-seeds with the yolks of 5 eggs and 1/2 cup of sugar, some chopped raisins and nuts and the juice of 1/2 lemon.

into Occurrences 27%

Take forty seville oranges, pare and cut them in slices, the best coloured seville you can get, put them all with the juice and seeds into half a hogshead of ale; when it is tunned up and working, put in the oranges, and at the same time a pound and a half of raisins of the sun stoned; when it has done working close up the bung, and it will be ready to drink in a month.

by Occurrences 18%

This is he which received seed by the way side.

at Occurrences 17%

The fertile cones are bright grass-green, measuring about two inches in length by one and a half in thickness, and are made up of about forty firm rhomboidal scales densely packed, with from five to eight seeds at the base of each.

as Occurrences 12%

He believed that God had promised Abraham that he would make his seed as the sand of the sea for multitude, and give them that fair land of Canaan, and that in his seed all the families of the earth should be blessed; and that seemed to him, and rightly, a very grand and noble thing.

out Occurrences 8%

You must ask God first to root those foul seeds out of your heart, or the seed of His Spirit will not spring up and bear fruit in you to the everlasting life of love and peace and joy in the holy Spirit.

like Occurrences 7%

But self-sacrifice, with its mercy, its succor, its seed like the wheat, was as infinite as the stars.

after Occurrences 7%

I shall give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land of thy pilgrimage, all the land of Canaan, into their possession and I shall be their God.

OF Occurrences 6%

[eBook #11099] Language: English Character set encoding: US-ASCII ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MORE SEEDS OF KNOWLEDGE; OR, ANOTHER PEEP AT CHARLES.

beneath Occurrences 6%

SEE PHILLIPS, H. I. The seed beneath the snow.

about Occurrences 6%

The fertile cones grow in rigid clusters upon the upper branches, dark chocolate in color while young, and bear beautiful pearly seeds about the size of peas, most of which are eaten by two species of tamias and the notable Clark crow.

under Occurrences 4%

" As Mrs. Rosenberg spoke, she pushed a waiter full of seeds under the stove as if she hated the very sight of them; and when she stood up again, Dotty observed that her dirty calico dress did not come anywhere near the tops of her calf-skin shoes.

over Occurrences 4%

Again, young women sowed hemp seed over nine ridges of ploughed land, saying, "I sow hemp seed, and he who is to be my husband, let him come and harrow it."

within Occurrences 3%

Under the icy covering, however, beneath which they stiffly slumbered, hiding the seed within them, he had guessed nothing of the truth, and already felt anxious about this business of Mathieu's, which looked anything but encouraging.

through Occurrences 2%

Thy eye from heaven this land beholdeth, Such fruitful dews down on it raining, That storehouse-like her lap enfoldeth Assuréd hope of ploughman's gaining: Thy flowing streams her drought doth temper so, That buried seed through yielding grave doth grow.

across Occurrences 2%

You see, I was watching a cute little bug carrying a seed across the floor, and a bigger bug came along and took it away from him.

against Occurrences 1%

In order to protect seeds against birds, insects, and rodents, soak them in water containing 20 or 25 per cent, of mineral oil.

per Occurrences 1%

It takes about four pounds of seed per acre in the first mode, and about half the quantity in the second.

Than Occurrences 1%

Better to have the love of one, Than smiles like morning dew; Better to have a living seed Than flowers of every hue.

Which preposition to use with  seeds