Which preposition to use with studying

of Occurrences 4582%

A careful study of the MS.

in Occurrences 2011%

Moral evil must be studied in an energetic and intellectual way.

for Occurrences 380%

My sister asked me no questions; for it is not by any means the first time that I have kept to my study for a whole day, and sometimes a couple of days at a time, when I have been particularly engrossed in my books or work.

at Occurrences 311%

Young Dick was too impatient and too skeptical to wait until the end of the war, and, to the amazement of his aunts and the amusement of Acredale, he carried Rosa off, one day, and was secretly married in the rector's study at Warchester, so that his first son was born under the Stars and Bars in Richmond, while Dick was beleaguering the walls at Fort Walthall, four miles away.

with Occurrences 254%

It had been intended that Havelock should follow the law as a profession; and he was studying with this end in view when his father stopped the necessary supplies of money, and he had to turn to some other occupation for a living.

under Occurrences 115%

She was much interested in his beginnings in England at Rugby and Cambridgeand was evidently astonished, though she had too much tact to show it, that he had chosen to make his life and career in France instead of accepting the proposition made to him by his cousin Waddington, then Dean of Durham, to remain in England and continue his classic and literary studies under his guidance.

on Occurrences 104%

I am no real scholar, but I study on a spurt.

from Occurrences 94%

My dad had suggested to Prof Ismail that I be given practical experience and so my programme included a mixture of study from books, taking down notes, watching and helping the others and finally making my own vermi-pits.

by Occurrences 92%

Vincy, with all his gentle manner, had in art an extraordinary taste for brutality and violence, and his rooms were covered with pictures by Futurists and Cubists, wild studies by wild men from Tahiti and a curious collection of savage ornaments and weapons.

to Occurrences 82%

I asked him to let me come and work in his study to-night.

as Occurrences 53%

Looks like he ain't studying as to whether you got money or not.

into Occurrences 24%

The one leading from my study into the gardens, was the last to which I went.

than Occurrences 23%

He is not a premature genius; he is not, I frankly own, more advanced in his classical and mathematical studies than some children even younger than himself; but he has acquired the rudiments of health; he has laid in a store of honesty and good-humour which are not less likely to advance him in life than mere science and language ... etc., etc., Your affectionate brother-in-law, CHARLES HONEYMAN.

without Occurrences 22%

His greatest pleasure was to retire to his house in the country, where he had a garden stored with all the herbs and trees which the climate would bear; here he used to enjoy his hours unmolested, and prosecute his studies without interruption.

during Occurrences 20%

For four years he performed the duties of this Professorship, with what ability is shown by his Treatise on the Evidences of Christianity, the fruit of his studies during this interval.

about Occurrences 17%

They are these six virtues, cared for without care for any study about them:philanthropy, wisdom, faithfulness, straightforwardness, courage, firmness.

over Occurrences 15%

Well I studied over it, an' finally I concluded to jest dig up the half-mile post, an' put it one hundred feet nearer home.

among Occurrences 13%

When evening came he would stride cheerily along the dingy street to the house where he and his fellow-workman lodged, refresh himself with a hot bath, don what he called his dress suit, and after their simple meal and a frolic with little Dick, the motherless boy who was the joy of Richard Trueman's heart, he would settle down for a long evening of study among his cherished books.

before Occurrences 8%

Here I went, scrimping the other business of the day in order that I might be at my studies before the rush set in up town.

like Occurrences 8%

This boy he had found, with a name that might be either prophecy or mockery, he would study like a book.

between Occurrences 6%

At one time of my life I had taken it into my head that it was not wholesome to study between breakfast and dinner.

until Occurrences 6%

The child replied: "After we have studied until evening he asks each of us what our sisters do.

after Occurrences 6%

* Psmith and Mike sat in their study after lockup, discussing things in general and the game in particular.

of Occurrences 4%

The engaging in Adventures of this Nature WILL. calls the studying of Mankind; and terms this Knowledge of the Town, the Knowledge of the World.

behind Occurrences 4%

" Sir Timothy rang for lights, and his visitors closed the door of the study behind them.

Which preposition to use with  studying