Which preposition to use with collapse

of Occurrences 182%

There were many points of difference, but chief of them, which nearly resulted in the collapse of the convention, was the inevitable difficulty which always arises in the formation of a league of States or an association of nations between the great and the little States.

in Occurrences 47%

As soon as they felt they were safe, they collapsed in a heap in uncontrollable laughter.

on Occurrences 30%

He sank upon his knees: another blow struck his head, and Donnegan collapsed on the body of big George.

at Occurrences 27%

I have chosen it to illustrate again the historic words which should be, I thinkand we know that what is in our hearts is in your hearts also!the special watchword of the Allies and of America, in these present days, when the German strength may collapse at any moment, and the problems of peace negotiations may be upon us before we know.

into Occurrences 27%

Then he felltumbled back in utter collapse into the recesses of the great chair.

with Occurrences 13%

In so doing he released the red pump-handle, lost his balance, struggled wildly to regain it, and then collapsed with a terrible sense of failure and ignominy, right into the open jaws, as it were, of the avenging dog!

from Occurrences 12%

But neither Dorn nor her father ever guessed that, once in her room, she collapsed from sheer feminine horror at the prospect of seeing Dorn change from a man to a gorilla, and to repeat the savage orgy of remurdering his Huns.

under Occurrences 12%

When the news came that Jack had lost his life in the very enterprise Wesley had contemplated, Kate collapsed under the shock.

like Occurrences 9%

I'd just got it open, and the money spread out, when he turned bada sort of collapse like the one you saw; and I was so busy getting him to bed that I forgot the cursed grave and the moneyjust as I forgot to put away the knife-and-fork before you called the first time, and you saw through me!"

before Occurrences 7%

became king, under whom the Persian monarchy collapsed before the victories of Alexander.

over Occurrences 6%

This union which succeeded in 1911 in driving out Turkey from a greater part of her European possessions, collapsed over the question of the distribution of spoils.

to Occurrences 4%

At the end of that time, after repeatedly tripping-up its exasperated organist over wrong keys in the last bar, the accordeon finally relinquishes the concluding note with a dismal whine of despair, and retires in complete collapse to its customary place of waiting.

for Occurrences 4%

Mr. TWAIN, for instance, having gone through Fenianism and France, seems to have collapsed for the present; and here now comes Mr. WEMYSS JOBSON, who subsided into oblivion years ago, but has just emerged again into the light of The Sun.

along Occurrences 3%

The stunned body struck against the wall and collapsed along the floor.

behind Occurrences 3%

The second mate had turned away, with his hand over his mouth and a suspicious hunching of his shoulders, while the steward, who had been standing by, beat a hasty retreat and collapsed behind the chart-room.

beneath Occurrences 3%

Slim-etched, and that slimness enhanced by a conscious kind of collapse beneath the blue-silk girdle that reached up half-way to her throat, hers were those proportions which strong women, eschewing the sweet-meat, would earn by the sweat of the Turkish bath.

without Occurrences 2%

Had a muskrat poked its pointed muzzle over a rock, or a squirrel scuttled in that instant down the bark of a tree, he would most likely have collapsed without more ado and fainted.

as Occurrences 2%

" Polete was as near collapse as a man could be and yet be conscious.

than Occurrences 2%

Nicholson's columns, as related, had been forced to retire; the gate would have remained closed, and possibly the undertaking would have resulted in a more serious collapse than the ineffectual attempt on Kishenganj.

by Occurrences 1%

It is a matter of profound regret that two infinitely more virile and progressive races, the German and the Jew, should be fighting their battles for them, and indeed bolstering up causes which would otherwise speedily collapse by reason of their own inward rottenness.

between Occurrences 1%

One of its long arms was resting across what had once been a pail, but which, long since, had sunk into total collapse between its hoops.

beside Occurrences 1%

The fifth dropped her egg and collapsed beside it, to be hauled to her feet and revived by the stewards amid inextinguishable laughter from the crowd.

among Occurrences 1%

A general collapse among them certainly followed, and they disappeared from the political scene.

amid Occurrences 1%

Farmhouses collapsed amid puffs of brown smoke.

about Occurrences 1%

At a little distance the Cathedral, ruin though it is, seems solid enough; but when you are in it the fear is upon you that the inconstant and fragile remains of it may collapse about you in a gust of wind a little rougher than usual.

Which preposition to use with  collapse