Which preposition to use with sentencing

of Occurrences 761%

They were all convinced of his guilt, had no doubt as to what the sentence of the court would bedeath and degradationbut thought that physical fatigue and great depression must have caused a general breakdown.

to Occurrences 382%

He is proved to have broken his arrest, and is sentenced to death.

in Occurrences 249%

M. Pigot looked at it an instant, while his companion added a sentence in his ear; then, with a nod of assent, the detective turned down one of the passage-ways, the other man at his heels.

with Occurrences 107%

"To suspect me," Edith Morriston completed his sentence with a smile.

from Occurrences 79%

I wasn't going to show it to youI shouldn't dream of such a thingto anybody; but I was just going to read you out a sentence from which you can form an opinion of my predicament.

for Occurrences 76%

If I should ever make a little book out of these papers, which I hope you are not getting tired of, I suppose I ought to save the above sentence for a motto on the title-page.

on Occurrences 73%

"On Christmas Day St Thomas made a sermon at Canterbury in his own church and, weeping, prayed the people to pray for him, for he knew well his time was nigh, and there executed the sentence on them that were against the right of Holy Church.

as Occurrences 47%

After you have made your list of sentences as varied and extensive as you can, try to substitute synonyms that will express the idea more accurately.

by Occurrences 47%

When E.D. sat down the minister repeated in substance what she had said; for, not being used to speak through an interpreter, she declined his giving sentence by sentence.

into Occurrences 33%

Weed these out from your lists, make a special list of them, copy it frequently, construct short sentences into which the troublesome words fit.

at Occurrences 31%

If I was not a subscriber, perhaps I had been in the Penitentiary, served out a sentence at Sing Sing, or procured a divorce from my wife?

against Occurrences 28%

Aeacus hears the case against Claudius, refuses to hear the other side and passes sentence against him, quoting the line: "As he did, so be he done by, this is justice undefiled.

without Occurrences 25%

"My dear Kurt," she said, "I am quite able to complete a sentence without your assistance.

like Occurrences 22%

I am not so pre-occupied with the mystery of Race as I used to be, but leave this sentence and other sentences like it unchanged.

about Occurrences 16%

With a kindly gravity he pronounced a few simple sentences about the gentleness of Christ with the ignorant, but how offended the Heavenly Father was when those who knew the true God descended to idolatrous practices, and how entirely He could be depended upon to punish wicked people.

out Occurrences 11%

His Excellency's refusal to commute two death sentences out of five is a fine illustration of the accusation.

after Occurrences 9%

Fill the blanks in the sentences after each word-group with terms chosen from the first section of words in that group.

than Occurrences 6%

And he, indeed, errs not less in his sentences than in his single words, so that a man who knows him has no need to look about for some one whom he may call foolish.

under Occurrences 6%

The only person he wasn't sworn friends with was the handy-man, and there came to be a legend current in the camp, that Kaviak's first attempt at spontaneously stringing a sentence under that roof was, "Me got no use for Potts.

above Occurrences 4%

For a half-hour I listened to his words, and when I returned to my room I remembered one sentence above the rest.

before Occurrences 4%

For, (1) To pray is to speak to God, to trust in Him, to manifest to Him the wishes and wants of the soul; but this can be done by a person who has voluntary distractions of mind, just as a man can read to his king an address, setting forth the thanks and requests of his subjects, although the reader's mind is far from dwelling on the words or the meaning of the sentences before his eyes.

between Occurrences 3%

" Il Maledetto smiled grimly, and muttered a sentence between his teeth; for, in perfect consonance with the frank lawlessness of his own life, there was a reckless honesty in his nature, which caused him to despise hypocrisy as unworthy of the bold attributes of manhood.

among Occurrences 2%

The general plan of the Anglo-Norman government was, that the court of barony was appointed to decide such controversies as arose between the several vassals or subjects of the same barony; the hundred court and county court, which were still continued as during the Saxon times [e], to judge between the subjects of different baronies [f]; and the CURIA REGIS, or king's court, to give sentence among the barons themselves [g].

within Occurrences 2%

The jury must pass sentence within the forty-eight hours.

through Occurrences 2%

He buried his head in his book and began: Shortly after the Draconian reforms He read the sentence through three times, and then recollected that he had not looked up the Draconian reforms.

Which preposition to use with  sentencing