Which preposition to use with bolted

of Occurrences 128%

But leaving the groves and forests, I assert that even in the chilly waters the numberless divinities of the sea and of the flowing rivers are not safe from the bolts of my son.

from Occurrences 61%

Thus, though neither of them had anticipated such a bolt from the blue, both Carleton and Cramahe had taken all the reasonable means within their most restricted power to provide against unforeseen contingencies.

for Occurrences 40%

And after the shot was fired they immediately bolted for fear the noise would attract attention.

on Occurrences 36%

Plates were smashed and some of the holes were large, but in places the iron was drilled and in others patches had been bolted on.

in Occurrences 35%

You have, indeed, winged ministers of vengeance, who carry your bolts in their pounces to the remotest verge of the sea.

into Occurrences 33%

If you'll wait here, you can snap the bolts into place when I lift them up from the outside.

to Occurrences 27%

He knew that he was worth his salary in any Dime Museum in America, and more than that, he had money enough laid up in the bank to live on, assuming, of course, that he could draw it out before the cashier should bolt to Canada with it.

with Occurrences 25%

On one street is the bazaar of a modiste en robes et chapeaux and other humble shops; on the other, the immense batten doors with gratings over the lintels, barred and bolted with masses of cobwebbed iron, like the door of a donjon, are overhung by a creaking sign (left by the sheriff), on which is faintly discernible the mention of wines and liquors.

out Occurrences 20%

I was washing my shirt in the hot water spring when he came bolting out of the laboratory and keeled me over.

at Occurrences 17%

Further, we know not from one day to another whether we may not be absolutely necessitated to excommunicate that fautor of Gallicanism, Louis the Fourteenth, and before launching our bolt at a king, we may think well to test its efficacy upon a rat.

across Occurrences 11%

Leaving their team, they bolted across country to the open glade.

like Occurrences 11%

"'I've a little business down in the lower lake,' says he, 'and must be movin',' and away he bolted like a steam engine, down the lake.

down Occurrences 11%

After he had been some little while employed in this dismal way, his vixen, who had by this time bolted down the rabbit skin, head, ears and all, came to him and putting her paws on his knees, thrust her long muzzle into his face and began licking him.

after Occurrences 7%

The Maori stood his ground for a minute, then he made a face to express his contempt for me and bolted after his mate.

without Occurrences 6%

He unfastened the bolts without haste.

against Occurrences 6%

Yet when the boards had been brought, he needed still something which they could not supply, and this was a length of very sound wood of some three inches in breadth each way, which he intended to bolt against the starboard side of the keel, after he had gotten the planking replaced so far as was possible.

through Occurrences 5%

And Tom bolted through the glass door, till Miss Clara was safe on her way up the street.

by Occurrences 4%

He gently stole to the window, and having by one desperate effort broken the rusty bolt by which the casement had been fastened, he let himself down without noise or difficulty.

behind Occurrences 4%

like everything else that dreadful night, fortune seemed to favor Betty, and with a long-drawn sigh she drew her companion across the threshold and instantly shot the bolt behind her.

over Occurrences 3%

He snatched up a pitchfork lying across a heap of hay, and bolted over the fence to the road again.

between Occurrences 2%

Will you tell me that the beggar didn't bolt between my legs this moment, and went into the hole before the terrier?" Neither answered.

before Occurrences 2%

open wide Thy gate, that I through these dark walls may glide; But if thou open'st not the gate for me, That I may enter, shattered thou shalt see The doors and bolts before thee lying prone, And from the dust shall rise each skeleton, With fleshless jaws devour all men with thee, Till death shall triumph o'er mortality.

as Occurrences 2%

Going round to the shop-entrance, I tried to open it, but found it as fast bolted as the gate of Paradise.

above Occurrences 1%

When the permeating softness suddenly yielded to full transparency, spreading from the fanfare of the rising sun come bolt above the range, and the mist rose, she left the road at sight of two ponies and a burro in a group, their heads together in drooping fellowship.

off Occurrences 1%

With that she bolted off home.

Which preposition to use with  bolted