Which preposition to use with thought

of Occurrences 21673%

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

of Occurrences 6170%

At this, I gave up all thoughts of those prodigious Shapes above meand could only stare, frightenedly, at the tremendous structure toward which I was being conveyed so remorselessly.

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.

in Occurrences 744%

The most comforting thought in the world is that God knows all we do.

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 488%

Awhile, I stood, trying to adjust my thoughts to this new problem.

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.

on Occurrences 333%

Education has not really removed his common-sense, as some say, his power to connect passing events with their causes, and to act reasonably; but it has set his thought on some other thought for the time being, and the dinner-bell, we will say, does not detach him from his inquiry.

at Occurrences 330%

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

for Occurrences 277%

Education has not really removed his common-sense, as some say, his power to connect passing events with their causes, and to act reasonably; but it has set his thought on some other thought for the time being, and the dinner-bell, we will say, does not detach him from his inquiry.

from Occurrences 269%

Still, although this cruel tyrant, to whom in thy youthful simplicity being taken by surprise thou hast yielded thy freedom, appears to have deprived thee of understanding as well as of liberty, I will put thee in mind of many things, and entreat thee to fling off and banish wicked thoughts from thy chaste bosom, to quench that unholy fire, and not to make thyself the thrall of unworthy hopes.

about Occurrences 158%

We walked together during the day, and exchanged our thoughts about Jesus.

with Occurrences 156%

I abandoned the unpleasant train of thought with a snort of disgust, but it had led me to another.

as Occurrences 127%

As long as you continue to hug the delusion that you are "not to blame" for the unpleasant things in your conditions you might just as well profess the old thought as the new.

into Occurrences 126%

We can send a caravan across the desert, a ship across the sea, but we cannot send a Thought into a flaccid or a pompous brain.

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.

at Occurrences 103%

Defiant still of Fortune's power, his thoughts at last found vent, For Fortune had been cruel, and in words of discontent, As if he blamed the serpent upon his shield displayed, The torrent of his heart broke forth and in wrath the warrior said: "O wasters of the brightest hope I knew in years long past!

by Occurrences 94%

Most of them were engaged in executing drawings upon blocks of wood, although it is probable that some of them were smoking pipestobacco being vastly conducive to that concentration of thought by which alone great mental efforts can be followed by equivalent results.

than Occurrences 83%

* All the time at the back of my head were other thoughts than merchandise.

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.

Which preposition to use with  thought