Which preposition to use with reprieve

from Occurrences 9%

It was not because she wished to hear any of Dotty's brilliant stories, for she had not asked a single question about Out West; it was because she hoped for a reprieve from the dreaded knitting.

of Occurrences 7%

After the condemnation she drew up and carried to the king a petition for a short reprieve of a few weeks; but this was rejected, though the king saw at his feet the daughter of the Earl of Southampton, the best friend he ever had.

in Occurrences 6%

We left her to enjoy her frugal meal and her noontide reprieve in peace, and came back to the middle of the town.

on Occurrences 3%

She was overwhelmed by the woman's utterly unconscious impressiveness, which exceeded that of a criminal reprieved on the scaffold, for the woman had dared an experience that only the fierce and sublime courage of desperation can affront.

to Occurrences 2%

It was like a reprieve to a dying malefactor, with a halter about his neck, and ready to be turned off.

for Occurrences 2%

The face of a man galloping for life and death, coming up at the last second with a reprieve for one about to be shot, could hardly be fuller of intense anxiety than was Archie's as he waved his paper and shouted.

until Occurrences 1%

Then he seized a pen, and, with the only hand he had, scratched a letter, directing a reprieve until further orders.

by Occurrences 1%

Kaiser Bill was making the most of his reprieve by breaking bounds every day and damaging property to his heart's content.

before Occurrences 1%

Andrew White, indicted, proved, reprieved before judgment, and banished.

Which preposition to use with  reprieve