Which preposition to use with crane

at Occurrences 8%

"It's no use craning at a blind fence," continued Dick.

of Occurrences 8%

Once arrived at Williamsburg, what craning of necks and waving of handkerchiefs and kissing of hands to acquaintances, as the coach rolls along the wide, white, sandy street, scorching in the sun, with the governor's house, called by courtesy a palace, at one end, and the College of William and Mary at the other, and perhaps two hundred straggling wooden houses in between.

in Occurrences 6%

" "I exonerate Mr. Totten," replied Crane in a very low tone.

over Occurrences 6%

Forrester spread it, frowning, while the others leaned across or craned over his chair.

for Occurrences 6%

The Committee owes a debt of deep gratitude to Mr. Charles R. Crane for having made possible the course of lectures for the year 1914.

with Occurrences 4%

On ant-hills screamed cranes with delight; In their rooms were our wives sighing sore.

on Occurrences 4%

Your "half-dozen paralytics" being let down in a horse-box by a crane on to the boat, ought to create quite a sensation, and we shall certainly be on the look-out for it.

like Occurrences 2%

In these islands they also saw crows and cranes like those of Spain, and sea crows, and infinite numbers of small birds which sung delightfully, and the very air was sweet, as if they had been among roses and the finest perfumes; yet the danger was very great on account of the innumerable channels among the islands, by which much time was spent in finding the way through.

from Occurrences 2%

On the way, he craned from his chair to shout, in the darkness: "I say!

off Occurrences 1%

Took the cranes off one leg,discovering two, As up they rose, on rustling, sullen wing: "Well cook?"

above Occurrences 1%

Midway was a little white building, its eaves within reach of one's hand, its gable on the line of the sidewalk overhanging which, from a crane above the door, was a big, golden spool.

into Occurrences 1%

When the converter is filled, it is borne by the crane into a convenient position for blowing, and if the basic method is followed for removing the slag, the converted metal is cast into ingot moulds, which are manipulated by a small ingot crane of the ordinary pattern.

after Occurrences 1%

CHANTECLER Thou smilest on the sunflower craning after thee, And burnishest my brother of the vane, And softly sifting through the linden-trees Strewest the ground with dappled gold, So fine there's no more walking where it lies.

toward Occurrences 1%

Heads craned toward the boys occasionally, and there came an awful moment when Bud Perkins found himself looking brazenly into the eyes of the preacher, who had paused to glare at the boys in the midst of his sermon.

towards Occurrences 1%

Up the street, necks (whose owners had not thought it worth while to wade through the sand to the scene of the shooting) were being craned towards the flat behind the town, where the Captain and a few of his men had hurried at the first shot.

underneath Occurrences 1%

With eight teeth standing out, with eyes of coppery hue, and with the hair of his head blazing and standing erect, the fiend looked like a mass of clouds reflecting the rays of the sun or mingled with lightning flashes and graced with flocks of cranes underneath on their wings.

out Occurrences 1%

He craned out of the cab.

by Occurrences 1%

One of our engravings shows the great revolving crane by which the guns were lifted and placed on the truck for conveyance over a track to their intended position.

Which preposition to use with  crane