Which preposition to use with blasts

of Occurrences 352%

The centre shot intermittent blasts of ruddy light; explosions, deadened by distance, still reverberated strongly; the broad canopy of brown-red, split with lightnings, spread out like a huge umbrella.

from Occurrences 55%

Fortunately at the instant there is a blast from the bugles"Fall in!"and the men rush to their horses.

with Occurrences 34%

Let him be blasted with the Name of Coward, That dares dispute your Orders.

in Occurrences 33%

It was a great climb, up a stony watercourse, now dry, and then through old Austrian trenches, elaborately blasted in the Carso rock and captured a year ago.

on Occurrences 28%

From morn till eve the streets are filled with bands of boys, and sometimes girls, blowing raucous blasts on hollow bamboos, which are adorned with a tin 'panja,' the sacred open hand emblematical of the Prophet, his daughter Fatima, her husband Ali and their two martyred sons.

to Occurrences 11%

yes, as Blasts to Flow'rs, or early Fruit; All gay I met him full of youthful Heat:

out Occurrences 10%

Here a heavy thunderstorm broke and we sheltered in the Headquarters of an Italian Field Artillery Brigade, likewise blasted out of the mountain side.

for Occurrences 9%

Having crossed the Gave de Barèges by the Pont de Villelongue, we were soon in the gorge, the rocks on the left of which were blasted for five miles, when the road was constructed.

by Occurrences 6%

Let us not think our laurels blasted by condescending to inquire, whether we might not possibly grow rather less than greater by attacking Spain.

at Occurrences 5%

I, that am shut from light, have all the light Which the world sees by; here some heavenly fire Is throwne about the roome, and burnes so clearely, Mine eye-bals drop out blasted at the sight.

through Occurrences 4%

"All the crews hard at work with jackscrews," said Donovan; "and if they can get skids under, and a channel blasted through the ice, they may get the boats down here in fifteen or twenty days.

without Occurrences 2%

For they may all be blasted without the Blessing of Heaven: and, therefore, ask that Blessing humbly!

after Occurrences 2%

At the fourth blast after five bells Lanyard put a match to his cigarette.

as Occurrences 2%

Know Pharamond, I loath to brawl with such a blast as thou, Who art nought but a valiant voice:

into Occurrences 2%

And how shall June tell The glory that went with May? How shall the full year keep The beauty that ere its day Was blasted into sleep? Roses.

like Occurrences 2%

Does the Bunker-Hill Monument bend in the blast like a blade of grass?

than Occurrences 2%

Q.But the same exhaustion will not be produced by a given strength of blast in all engines? A.No; engines with contracted fire grates and an inadequate sectional area of tubes, will require a stronger blast than engines of better proportions; but in any given engine the relations between the blast exhaustion and evaporation, hold which have been already defined.

below Occurrences 1%

"They are blasting below us," cries the Colonel, de profundis.

behind Occurrences 1%

Sheltered from the blast behind the thick, high hawthorn hedge and double mound, which is like a rampart reared against Boreas, it is pleasant even now to stroll to and fro in the sunshine.

Among Occurrences 1%

My mother rose, whose broad and queenly limbs A fiery arrow did impale, and round Pursuing tongues oozed up of nether fire, And fastened on her: like a winter-blast Among the steeples, then she shrieked aloud, 'Pray for me, daughter; save me from this torment, For thou canst save!'

over Occurrences 1%

The shrill shriek of the government tug, the hoarse bellow of the ocean liner, and the fog whistle on Yerba Buena Island, all joined in a strident warning, sending their intermittent blast over the water.

about Occurrences 1%

Listening now, for any sound of blasting about; they are hoping to come on the mine, and meet with folk some time that day.

along Occurrences 1%

A shelf has been hewn and blasted along the side of the mountains that encloses the celebrated Sorfjord.

against Occurrences 1%

George Fox himself, the founder of the society, had blown a blast against music, and especially instrumental music in churches.

under Occurrences 1%

Charles had borne the blossoms of promise; they were blasted under the withering influence of pleasure and dissipation.

Which preposition to use with  blasts