Which preposition to use with clamps

to Occurrences 19%

A sharp pain in my knee nearly doubled me to the ground and yet I remember clamping to the thought that I must keep my feet, keep my feet at any cost.

of Occurrences 9%

Then at last, deep in the clammy earth they reached a door, a small door whose rusted iron was handed with mighty clamps of rusted iron.

with Occurrences 9%

And there, within his little hut, the hermit Ambrose, Duke of Pentavalon that was, girt the armour upon Beltane the mighty, Duke of Pentavalon to be, if so God willed; first the gambeson of stuffed and quilted leather, and, thereafter, coifed hauberk and chausses, with wide sword-belt clamped with broad plates of silver and studs of gold, until my Beltane stood up armed in shining mail from head to foot.

in Occurrences 8%

His great jaws clamped in a death-grip over the upper part of the black's nose.

for Occurrences 6%

a, Under part, with box, for the dry element; 6, roller for winding up the conducting-wires; c, dry element, with screw-clamp for attachment of the conducting-wires; c', conducting-wire leading to the screw-clamp, with contact-spring in c', Fig.

on Occurrences 6%

As it swept past in front of them the light of the lantern clamped on the dashboard flashed on their faces.

into Occurrences 1%

I did it up in much the same way for another ten days, then put the sand-crack clamps into the hoof and fixed it to the sound part.

around Occurrences 1%

[Illustration] THE FIRE HORSES stand ready in their stalls, and at the sound of the alarm gong the stall chains are let down and each horse goes quickly to his place at the engine, and the big iron collars are clamped around their necks and off they go to the fire, with the engine, at break-neck speed.

at Occurrences 1%

It was made of some very hard and dark wood, and clamped at all the corners with brass, and underneath it there were a couple of bars of iron, and though it was no more than two and a half feet square, it took us all our time to lift it.

by Occurrences 1%

Clamping by any method should be advised or undertaken only under certain conditions.

against Occurrences 1%

As they go down the steps, they light the torches that are clamped against the wall, with their tapers.

over Occurrences 1%

With my arms clasped tightly about his dusky form, and his elbows clamped over them, we entered the stream.

Which preposition to use with  clamps