Which preposition to use with chalks

on Occurrences 21%

Old Natale's message to the enemy chalked on our hut at Pec had come true.

in Occurrences 20%

But meanwhile French officers and men passed the gates in little bands of fifteen or so at a time, and were seen roving about the town unarmed, jaunty, and gallant, bearing pieces of chalk in their hands to mark the houses on which their troops were to be billeted.

with Occurrences 16%

They'd like to oust me from the prefects like they did you, but they shan't, and, what's more, I'll get even chalks with some of them before I leave.

of Occurrences 11%

Suddenly we see gaping lines of old trenches rising on either side of the road, the white chalk of the subsoil marking their course.

for Occurrences 10%

I have I realised this was a failure, discovered that they love to for I asked the children to use imitate sounds, so we will play their boards and chalks for a at this.

from Occurrences 9%

" The boy was as white as chalk from staying up so late.

to Occurrences 6%

Thus, evidence which cannot be rebutted, and which need not be strengthened, though if time permitted I might indefinitely increase its quantity, compels you to believe that the earth, from the time of the chalk to the present day, has been the theatre of a series of changes as vast in their amount, as they were slow in their progress.

without Occurrences 3%

She also informed her daughter-in-law that "what the eye don't see the heart don't grieve," and that it was better to "let bygones be bygones," usually winding up with the advice to the younger woman to keep her eye on Mr. Chalk without letting him see it.

at Occurrences 3%

"The upper valve is almost invariably wanting, though occasionally found in a perfect state of preservation in the white chalk at some distance.

by Occurrences 2%

But, a few years ago, Mr. Sorby, in making a careful examination of the chalk by means of thin sections and otherwise, observed, as Ehrenberg had done before him, that much of its granular basis possesses a definite form.

as Occurrences 2%

And, of course, Walt was right about his own book, whether you like the man behind Leaves of Grass or not; but also that assertion of his might be chalked as a sort of customs "O.K." on all literary baggage whatsoever that has passed free into immortality.

into Occurrences 2%

But just as a silicious deposit may be metamorphosed into opal or quartzite, and chalk into marble, so known metamorphic agencies may metamorphose clay into schist, clay-slate, slate, gneiss, or even granite.

after Occurrences 2%

And blood flowed profusely from his wounds inflicted by arrows, and he looked like unto a mountain of red chalk after a heavy shower.

above Occurrences 2%

Pleasant churchyard round it, where the dead lie looking up to the bright southern sun, among huge black yews, upon their knoll of white chalk above the ancient stream.

like Occurrences 1%

] Most parcels of the commercial tabasheer appear to contain different varieties, from the white, opaque, chalk like forms through the translucent kinds to those that are perfectly transparent.

around Occurrences 1%

Then, by compass, I laid their legs to the eight chief points, and afterward I drew a circle with chalk around them; and opposite to their feet, I made the Eight Signs of the Saaamaaa Ritual.

against Occurrences 1%

Soon he could distinguish the irregular heap of chalk against which Adam had stood, whilst he had held the lantern in one hand and gripped the knife in the other.

beneath Occurrences 1%

It is most probably occasioned by a natural cleft in the chalk beneath the gravel road.

behind Occurrences 1%

the bum mocked in a most impudent manner, "a little scared to show up amongst the folks at home with that soiled record chalked behind their honest family name, eh?"

than Occurrences 1%

Caffray told me that with a beginner the Spirits found it somewhat easier to write with French chalk than with slate pencil.

across Occurrences 1%

This was first attempted by placing them at one end of the room, but it was found inconvenient; then parallel lines were chalked across the floor, and they sat down in order on these; but though attention was gained, the posture was unsuitable.

Which preposition to use with  chalks