Which preposition to use with lookout

for Occurrences 152%

"Keep a sharp lookout for hidden rocks.

on Occurrences 18%

We were to ride on the pilot house and keep a sharp lookout on both sides of the river for Indian trails that might have crossed the stream.

in Occurrences 9%

So long as the boiling witch-fire turned their wake to golden vapor, he could not be sure; but whenever the heat-lightning ran, and through the sere, phantasmal sail, the lookout in the bow flashed like a sharp silhouette through wire gauze,then it seemed to Rudolph that another small black shape leapt out astern, and vanished.

at Occurrences 9%

The lookout at the mast-head first called their attention to it, and as it drew nearer and nearer the tall handsome gunner went aloft with a glass to see if he could recognize it.

over Occurrences 4%

It goes without saying that all of us, whether on duty or not, kept a sharper lookout over the enemy's encampment than ever before, for there was good reason to expect that St. Leger would order another assault; but not one of us dreamed of that horrible spectacle which was to be presented, much as if Thayendanega's murderers were of a mind to give would-be deserters such a lesson as could never be forgotten.

from Occurrences 4%

During the day our companions were on the lookout from both ends of the cars.

of Occurrences 3%

But by making a business of it one may come upon them in wide, quiet cañons, or on the lookouts of lonely, table-topped mountains, three or four together, in the tops of stubby trees or on rotten cliffs well open to the sky.

to Occurrences 3%

The steamer, with the Pearl in tow, crossed over from Point Lookout to Piney Point, on the south shore of the Potomac, and here the Pearl was left at anchor, a part of the steamer's company remaining to guard her, while the steamer, having myself and the other white prisoners on board, proceeded up Coan river for a supply of wood, having obtained which, she again, about noon of Monday, took the Pearl in tow and started for Washington.

along Occurrences 3%

I'll post lookouts along this lane to watch for fires breakin' out in the big field.

with Occurrences 2%

Wishing to make me a confidential communication one day and the coast not being clear, he asked me, in the presence of others, if I had ever seen the view from the tower of the embassy, and, as of course I had not, he invited me to come and see it, and we had our conversation on the platform of the lookout with all Rome and the Campagna spread out before us, beyond the reach of others' hearing.

into Occurrences 2%

From the cottage is a bright lookout into a distant scene of much variety.

during Occurrences 1%

With, tins information I returned to camp; and, after telling the boys what I had heard and cautioning them to keep a sharp lookout during their watch, I "turned in," resolved to nap "with one eye open" myself.

among Occurrences 1%

Every employer is constantly looking for people who can help him; naturally he is on the lookout among his employees for those who do not help, and everything and everybody that is a hindrance has to go.

against Occurrences 1%

When they went after the cows or to hoe the corn, they took their guns with them, and turned no corner without a sharp lookout against ambush.

after Occurrences 1%

My idee of the Folly, just now, sir, is that she is somewhere off Capri, under short canvas, waiting for Captain Rule and I to join her, and keeping a sharp lookout after the inimies' cruisers.

until Occurrences 1%

Now it was the bo'sun's watch from eight of the evening until midnight, and I, with another man, had the lookout until four bells.

across Occurrences 1%

There was an hour and a few minutes, I found, to wait for the next train, and that time I occupied as best I might, keeping a sharp lookout across the quadrangle.

Which preposition to use with  lookout