Which preposition to use with sign

of Occurrences 6042%

The bushes were matted, and the trees overhung us, so that the place was disagreeably gloomy; though not dark enough to hide from me the fact that many of the trees were fruit trees, and that, here and there, one could trace indistinctly, signs of a long departed cultivation.

to Occurrences 426%

Mr. Eagen has the right, and we signed to it all straight, to work us as he pleases; and w'at does he do?

in Occurrences 222%

There were none of those signs in the animal world outside, of premature stir and cheerful awaking, that in other lands help the illusion that winter lies behind, but there was that even more stimulating sweet air abroad, that subtle mixture of sun and yielding frost, that softened wind that comes blowing across the snow, still keen to the cheek, but subtly reviving to the sensitive nostril, and caressing to the eyes.

at Occurrences 179%

Suddenly, the pair came across a sign at the side of the road which read: OZ INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DEPARTURES UPPER LEVEL

on Occurrences 141%

The treaty was signed on July 13 by all the plenipotentiaries in full uniform.

from Occurrences 137%

The whole company of monks and their abbot then proceeded to the chapel where each made his examination of conscience, and at a sign from the abbot, the monks, two by two, in a subdued tone of voice, said the Confiteor, Misereatur, Indulgentiam and Converte nos.

for Occurrences 137%

"Come away, Colonel Mortimer," he said; "I'm all the more glad to see you, that I feel it's a good sign for the boy.

with Occurrences 136%

What he said nobody understood; as a matter of fact, he was ordering my lady of Fever to be taken away, and making that sign with his trembling hand (which was always steady enough for that, if for nothing else) by which he used to decapitate men.

by Occurrences 35%

But I, careless of the occult signs by which the gods forewarn mortals, picked it up, replaced it on my head, and, as if nothing portentous had happened, I passed out from my abode.

as Occurrences 33%

She fully intended to leave both of these good servants something, but then she recollected that people who are interested in a will cannot sign as witnesses.

over Occurrences 26%

| | +-+ Don't you suppose that JACOB, if he had found that sign over his doorstep, would have raised a row, and if he had been overcome, don't you suppose he would have wondered what he served those seven years for?

between Occurrences 15%

If they were, he declared that Mistress Gannat should be appointed ambassadress to France, and that, within ten days of her reception at the Tuileries, there would be a treaty of alliance signed between France and the Confederacy!"

about Occurrences 13%

Here they saw that the grass had been recently nibbled, and that there were fresh signs about.

without Occurrences 12%

Duchâtel, and General Trézel, on the previous evening still Minister of War, signed without hesitation Marshal Bugeaud's appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard and the Army.

before Occurrences 8%

He had an agreement all written out that both o' us signed before a justice, which fixed things up.

than Occurrences 8%

I called the ladies one day into the outer grounds to see a new carriage, capable, according to its arrangement, of containing from two to eight persons, and a balloon of great size and new construction which Davilo had urgently counselled me to procure, as capable of sudden use in some of those daily thickening perils, of which I could see no other sign than occasional evidence that my steps were watched and dogged.

like Occurrences 7%

Precursive signs like theseand much more, which need not be dwelt onthe kind hosts of Rosedale made no note of.

across Occurrences 5%

Mr. Moffat made a sign across the court-room, and I saw Dr. Carpenter get up and move nearer to the witness stand.

near Occurrences 5%

Gentlemen of the Senate: I transmit to you the treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Indians, signed near Tellico on the 2d day of October, 1798, for your consideration.

under Occurrences 4%

" The French gentlemen, after having signed under protest the document presented to them by Clive, betook themselves to Chinsurah, where they repudiated their signatures as having been extorted by force, subsequent to, and contrary to, the capitulation.

above Occurrences 4%

But his hand was trembling, and the bullet shattered a sign above the head of Lord Nick.

into Occurrences 3%

When they saw us, they were very much frightened, and the principal one among them, who was certainly a discreet woman, led us by signs into a house, and had refreshments prepared for us.

after Occurrences 3%

In any such transaction you can only look at the written or printed particulars; any verbal statement of the auctioneer, made at the time of the sale, cannot contradict them, and they are implemented by the agreement, which the auctioneer calls on the purchaser to sign after the sale.

around Occurrences 3%

He was a tall and angular fellow, well on in years, and with keen eyes that seemed always looking for signs around him.

beyond Occurrences 3%

I sail with you, and you sail with me; and no articles signed beyond that, I say.

Which preposition to use with  sign