Which preposition to use with cues

from Occurrences 47%

But how remove Nelly as long as it was her cue from her father to play Landis for his money?

for Occurrences 20%

Bill was carrying the butt end of a billiard cue for a cane, and bending over the table, he said: "You'd rob a blind man."

of Occurrences 8%

The cue of the spectators was to be mute.

with Occurrences 7%

The guest was gathering his breath to call good morning, but took the cue with a negro's sensitiveness, and let his eyes run along the weeds in the compound.

in Occurrences 6%

This may have been our fancy, as he was certainly the first R.C. priest we had seen with a cue in his hand; perhaps, however, he will not be the last.

as Occurrences 4%

The italicized explanations in parentheses are not intended to be read aloud; they will aid in giving the child the cue as to the way the part should be rendered.

to Occurrences 3%

"His Holiness hates Lorenzo," said Count Girolamo de' Riari; this was the cue to all that followed.

without Occurrences 2%

Whether it be politics, or poetry, or science, or anecdote, or wit, or raillery, he takes up his cue without effort, without preparation, and appears equally incapable of tiring himself or his hearers.

at Occurrences 2%

"You look lovely in that dress," she said, as Betty stood awaiting her cue at the opening of the second act.

than Occurrences 1%

Well, Jeremy didn't want any better cue than that.

on Occurrences 1%

When performing seals are exhibited at a circus sitting on chairs, catching balls on the points of their noses and playing diabolo with them, or balancing billiard cues on their snouts, and doing other miraculous things, they are always sea-lions, not common seals.

like Occurrences 1%

Emma's been waiting for her cue like a hundred-yards runner before the pistol.

by Occurrences 1%

The notary was at his table again, and seemed to seek his cue by an upward glance.

Which preposition to use with  cues