Which preposition to use with poles

of Occurrences 156%

I cannot brook a Rival in my Love, the rustling Pole of my Affection is too strong to be resisted.

in Occurrences 92%

But only for a, second, for as I balanced myself to step forward he rammed the butt of the pole in my chest, so that I staggered and fell plump in the river.

to Occurrences 68%

Under our feet run magnetic currents that flow from pole to pole.

with Occurrences 58%

The next I knew I was sitting propped against the tent-pole with a cold bandage round my forehead, and Ringan with a napkin bathing my face.

on Occurrences 40%

I put up a signal pole on the headland and cache this record under it this afternoon.

at Occurrences 28%

We sailed so far south in the torrid zone that we found ourselves under the equinoctial line, and had both poles at the edge of the horizon.

for Occurrences 26%

From there down we found the river at times quite deep, and in order to carry the wounded man along with us we constructed a raft of poles for his accommodation, and in this way he was transported.

from Occurrences 24%

She saw him snatch a pole from one of the men and stab viciously at a log which refused to budge; and every time that his arm rose and fell a little shudder trickled down her spinal column.

by Occurrences 15%

I was told by a man from Austria that an army doctor, a Pole by birth, who was deputed to go over the Austrian battlefields and verify identification marks on the bodies, found among the 14,000 dead hardly any but Polish names.

over Occurrences 15%

Then he secured his nice string of fish, and, with his pole over his shoulder, announced himself ready for the homeward tramp.

of Occurrences 14%

They fled, however, soon to rally again; barricades were once more thrown up; the Poles of Posen flocked in to help their friends, and the black, red, and gold flag of Germany was displayed.

in Occurrences 13%

And for this reason she helps the Poles in their unjustifiable attempt in Upper Silesia, will not allow the Germans of Austria to live, and seeks to provoke and facilitate all movements and political actions which can tend towards the dismemberment of Germany.

into Occurrences 12%

Pushing the second pole into the box.

as Occurrences 8%

The compass ought now to be just as constant to the magnetic pole as a humming-bird to one especial rose.

through Occurrences 6%

The four corners of the log room were utilized, three of them for beds, made by thrusting two poles through auger holes bored in the logs of the walls, setting a leg at the corner where these met and lacing the bottom with hickory withes.

like Occurrences 6%

Very near my mother's dwelling, along the edge of a road thickly bordered with wild sunflowers, some poles like these had been planted by white men.

across Occurrences 5%

In the garden of this Free Kindergarten there is a large sand-pit, surrounded by a low wooden framework, and having a pole across the middle so that it resembles a cucumber frame and a cover can be thrown over the sand to keep it clean when not in use.

around Occurrences 5%

We have had a tribe of Indians with our wild west department all summer, and pa has not stood very well with the Indians since he was in charge of the show at Fort Wayne, and they all got drunk, and he had them tied up to the poles around the ring until they got sober.

before Occurrences 4%

It was a rough stone hut, with a white flag planted on a pole before it, and a miniature water-wheel, running a miniature saw at a most destructive rate, beside the door.

along Occurrences 4%

One by one their brave heads were cut off and stuck on poles along the moat that surrounded the castle.

about Occurrences 4%

The old issues of tariffs and internal improvements were losing their vitality, while Freedom and Slavery were the new poles about which new crystallizations were beginning to form.

without Occurrences 4%

As one half of the globe must always be in light, and the other half in darkness, this inclination from the perpendicular will bring the circle of light some distance beyond the north pole, when the globe is due-south from the light, and will leave an equal space around the opposite pole without any light at all, or any light directly received.

against Occurrences 4%

This is why all the violence of the Poles against Germany has found hardly any opposition.

above Occurrences 3%

Broken thighs were suspended in slings from poles above the bed, painted the red, white and black that marked German Government Survey posts.

for Occurrences 3%

Campanella praises the Poles for their elective monarchy, but blames them for choosing the scions of royal houses, instead of seeking out the real kings of men, such as he described in No. XVI.

Which preposition to use with  poles