Which preposition to use with stocking

of Occurrences 1257%

The caretaker had already told us that the stock of wood and coal was giving out, and she couldn't get any more in the quarter, and if she couldn't make fires the pipes would burst, which was a pleasant prospect with the thermometer at I don't remember how many degrees below zero.

in Occurrences 311%

Captain Parkinson doesn't take enough stock in my report to tell me to withhold anything," said Edwards, with a trace of bitterness in his voice.

with Occurrences 158%

Of course fishes cannot get into them, and this is generally true of nearly every glacier lake in the range, but they are all well stocked with happy frogs.

for Occurrences 96%

To make Stock for HARTSHORN JELLY.

to Occurrences 63%

At last a happy thought struck Reginald, and he sent me a power of attorney to make the transfer of these bonds and stocks to you.

from Occurrences 56%

They strangled Mrs. Alderdice's baby, killed Mrs. Weichel's husband, and took a great deal of property and stock from different persons.

on Occurrences 52%

So a young Poet, who had never been Dabling beyond the Height of Ballading; Who, in his brisk Essays, durst ne'er excel The lucky Flight of rhyming Doggerel, Sets up with this sufficient Stock on Stage, And has, perchance, the luck to please the Age.

at Occurrences 48%

Night letter: Two factions in company I can buy from enemies president bare majority stock at average seventy-six but hundred of these shares held at ninety-two I could probably get hundred quietly from friends president about seventy-seven but president might detect move and buy majority stock himself wire instructions.

of Occurrences 41%

But I had got new courage from my travels, so I put on my best suit of murrey-coloured cloth, my stockings of cherry silk, the gold buckles which had been my father's, my silk-embroidered waistcoat, freshly-ironed ruffles, and a new hat which had cost forty shillings in London town.

by Occurrences 30%

Fifth Voyage of the Joint-Stock by the Company, in 1617, under Captain Pring.

with Occurrences 26%

Detroit drunkards, says an exchange, use a stocking with a stone in it to avoid arrestjust as if a hat "with a brick in it" were not enough!

on Occurrences 25%

A woman adjusts her stocking on the coping below the fence with the freedom of a country road.

for Occurrences 23%

The Ursuline nuns knitted long stockings for the bare-legged Highlanders when the winter came on, and presented each Scottish officer with an embroidered St Andrew's Cross on the 30th of November, St Andrew's Day.

in Occurrences 19%

Pantaloon came therefore to signify (1) a Venetian, (2) a garment worn by Venetians and consisting of breeches and stockings in one.

into Occurrences 17%

Boil the cod, and while hot, break it into flakes; put the butter, shalot, parsley, and stock into a stewpan, and let them boil for 5 minutes.

as Occurrences 16%

The rising of the hardened albumen has the same effect in clarifying stock as the white of eggs; and, as a rule, it may be said that the more scum there is, the clearer will be the stock.

without Occurrences 10%

The control of stock without ownership is not unusual.

from Occurrences 9%

"Have a heart, Mrs. C. I'm getting two-forty for that stocking from every house in town.

at Occurrences 8%

I must keep on knitting, for Hollis must have these stockings at Christmas, so he can tell folks in New York that his old grandmarm most a hundred knit them for him all herself.

to Occurrences 7%

Phebe was still smiling as she went with the stocking to its owner.

by Occurrences 6%

Then she staggered to Avery who was darning the family stockings by the window and flung ecstatic arms about her neck.

against Occurrences 6%

I fastened a hard, durable crust to my belt by way of provision, in case I should be compelled to pass a night on the mountain-top; then, securing the remainder of my little stock against wolves and wood-rats, I set forth free and hopeful.

before Occurrences 5%

He asked me if I wanted to make him a laughing stock before the congregation.

out Occurrences 5%

The vicar of the parish has antiquarian propensities, and had probably dragged the stocks out of some dusty hiding-place, and set them up on their former site as a curiosity.

over Occurrences 5%

An' he says, says he: 'Yew git yer husband, an' bring that air stock over this arternoon; an',' says he, 'I'll realize on it fer yer ter-morrer mornin'.'

Which preposition to use with  stocking