Which preposition to use with thinking

of Occurrences 21673%

Think of all the thousands of men he was wont to see following after him,

about Occurrences 2253%

We were always very well received, but it wasn't easy to find out what they really thought (if they did think about it at all) of the state of affairs.

of Occurrences 644%

The work of sages has been to rule the thinking of the race.

for Occurrences 644%

We church-going and Christian men and women of the educated class are almost wholly let alone; apparently no one takes thought for our souls.

in Occurrences 536%

The orchestra was perfect, at its best I think in the "scherzos" which they took in beautiful styleso light and sure.

on Occurrences 495%

I think on the whole the arranged marriages turn out as well as any others.

to Occurrences 466%

"Divil a sick, gintlemen," is the answer, with a slight catch of the voice,"bless the two of yez!" EDWIN DROOD can scarcely avoid a start, as he thinks to himself, "Good Heaven!

over Occurrences 382%

Presently, I try to think over the happenings of the past night; but, though I cannot sleep, I find that it is useless, to attempt consecutive thought.

with Occurrences 356%

Yes, the Colonel began to feel old, and to think with vague wrath of the insolence of youth.

at Occurrences 330%

I was eager to be alone and able to think at my ease.

from Occurrences 110%

"We couldn't see 'em, but we emptied a good deal of lead out there, and I think from the way they yelled we must have hit two or three."

by Occurrences 107%

As the race learnt to think by doing, so children seem to approach thought in that way; they have a natural inclination to do in the first case; they try, do wrongly, consider, examine, observe, and do again: for example, a girl wants to make a doll's bonnet like the baby's; she begins impulsively to cut out the stuff, finds it too small, tries to visualise the right size, examines the real bonnet, and makes another attempt.

as Occurrences 67%

I flew, thinking as little of whom I met, or knocked down, or trod upon in my way, as the others did at whom I had wondered a little while ago.

in Occurrences 62%

W., who had retired to a corner to practise a little by himself, told me that one of his friends, Comte de Pourtales, not at all of his way of thinking in politics, an Imperialist, was much pleased with a little jeu d'esprit he had made at his expense.

ye Occurrences 59%

"What will they do wi' me, think ye?" he asked.

within Occurrences 52%

And I discerned, more plainly than I saw any of the others, a youth who stood directly in front of me, all alone, leaning against a marble column; and, being moved thereto by irresistible fate, I began to take thought within my mind of his bearing and manners, the which I had never before done in the case of anyone else.

without Occurrences 43%

The same form, only I think without the Apollo, will serve for the pit and galleries.

about Occurrences 42%

" "What do you mean by that?" Willie set forth Hector Macallaster's way of thinking about such matters.

like Occurrences 35%

I have seen you think like that by the side of the river, when one of the trout would not come out of the Wolf and you were wondering what more you could do to try and make him.

for Occurrences 33%

These books do all the children's thinking for them.

on Occurrences 25%

If a teacher is to take handwork seriously, and not as a pretty recreation with pleasing results, she should be fully conscious of all that it means, and apply this definitely in her work: it is so easy to be trivial while appearing to be thorough by having well-finished work produced, which has necessitated little hard thinking on the child's part.

after Occurrences 16%

" You will understand by this already that the shoemaker thought after his own fashion, which is the way everybody who can think does think.

through Occurrences 16%

Just be still and let God think through your brain, and don't kick up a muss because he thinks out the other side of things through my brain, or your new relatives' brains.

beyond Occurrences 12%

Each beast, each insect, happy in its own: Is Heaven unkind to man, and man alone? Shall he alone, whom rational we call, Be pleased with nothing, if not blessed with all? The bliss of man (could pride that blessing find) Is not to act or think beyond mankind; No powers of body or of soul to share, But what his nature and his state can bear.

into Occurrences 12%

Like the seed it must rise out of the dark ground into the light of heaven,out of self thought into God.

Which preposition to use with  thinking