Which preposition to use with blanketed

of Occurrences 76%

Over all they laid a thick blanket of the earth which had been dug out to make a level foundation.

on Occurrences 75%

I thought my "lingerie" was pretty well stocked, but one gentleman wanted four blankets on his bed, three over him and one under the sheet.

in Occurrences 72%

Those of them that I saw who had any English blankets exhibited them with pride, and exclaimed 'good,' They point to an American blanket in contempt, with the remark 'no good,' and speak of their clothing in the same way.

over Occurrences 56%

MacCann had got up to hang a blanket over the door.

for Occurrences 41%

A couple wanted the same, only one more, a blanket for a big armchair near the fire.

with Occurrences 33%

At the sound of her frightened voice, Abe stopped short and reached for the blanket with which to cover himself.

about Occurrences 32%

He had gathered a vast blanket about his shoulders and kept drawing it tighter; beneath his eyes, which looked down to the ground, there were violet shadows.

from Occurrences 32%

" "I will risk it," I said, and without another word dashed into the tiny bed chamber and tore an old brown blanket from off the narrow truckle bed.

around Occurrences 19%

I had informed North at about what time we would be on Deer Creek, and it was agreed that he should appear in the vicinity with some of his Pawnees, who were to throw their blankets around them, and come dashing down upon us, firing and whooping in true Indian style; while he was to either conceal or disguise himself.

to Occurrences 19%

Had its mission been to serve as a blanket to this crime by wiping out from the old snow all tell-tale footsteps and such other records as simplify cases of this kind for the detectives, it could not have happened more apropos to the event.

at Occurrences 18%

The single blanket carried in the packmost of the infantry on the march had no blanket at alldid not give sufficient warmth to men whose blood had been thinned by long months of work under a pitiless Eastern sun, and lucky was the soldier who secured even broken sleep in the early morning hours of that fighting march across the northern part of the Maritime Plain.

under Occurrences 14%

He helped her gently, as she arranged the carpets and old blanket under the wounded man; then he went out into the fresh air, saying he did not feel well.

as Occurrences 6%

Our bedding consisted of one blanket as mattress and haversack for pillow.

by Occurrences 6%

Two long strips were sewn to the sides of the blanket by which he held.

into Occurrences 5%

Being an old campaigner and a shrewd tactician, Major Doyle made two blankets into rolls, which he placed on either side of him, to "anchor" his body in position.

before Occurrences 4%

In half-a- minute, he had passed the hole, dropped the blanket before it, had circled the slender waist of Maud with one arm, and was shoving aside the bushes with the other, as he followed Nick from the straitened passage between the lean-to and the rock.

near Occurrences 4%

Generals Gordon and Fitz Lee half reclined upon an army-blanket near the fire; Longstreet sat upon a log, smoking; and General Lee stood by the fire, holding in his hand the correspondence which had passed between himself and General Grant.

between Occurrences 3%

" This was done the next morning, by procuring two stout poles, about twenty feet in length, and lashing them firmly to two short pieces of wood about three feet long and six feet apart: we then stretched a blanket between the poles, so as to form a comfortable bed.

up Occurrences 3%

After that he unrolled his bed, took off his heavy shoes, and pulled the blankets up to his chin.

behind Occurrences 3%

It was one of those warm nights of winter when a sulphur-coloured sky hangs like a blanket behind the wet, dishevelled woods; and, though there was neither moon nor star, the night was strangely clear, and the shadow of the bridge was distinct in the water.

against Occurrences 2%

He introduced me to an officer sitting on the other side of the table and to one lying in his blankets against the wall, who lifted his head and blinked and said that he was very glad to see me.

out Occurrences 2%

We saw Frenchmen sorting mail in the post-office, painting signs for streets, making blankets out of pasted- together newspaperseverywhere they were treated as intelligent men to whom favors could be granted.

round Occurrences 2%

From the first they had resigned themselves to their fate, and wrapping their wet blankets round them sat down, side by side, wisely to endure the evils that they could not cure.

beneath Occurrences 2%

our return Col. Bellinger and I had to give up our quarters in an out house to accommodate the wounded men and after that we slept, when we slept at all, on the frozen ground with two thicknesses of blanket beneath us.

until Occurrences 2%

Another night of agony passed, during which Lemuel Murphy became delirious and called long and loud for food; but the cold was so intense that it kept all under their blankets until four o'clock in the afternoon, when Mr. Eddy succeeded in getting a fire in the trunk of a large pine tree.

Which preposition to use with  blanketed