Which preposition to use with rivets

on Occurrences 94%

His eyes became instantly riveted on her face in a keen, questioning look.

to Occurrences 49%

I remained for some time riveted to the spot, but soon found myself irresistibly impelled to get a nearer view of the lovely object.

in Occurrences 20%

And so the little china people remained together and were thankful for the rivet in grandfather's neck, and continued to love each other until they were broken to pieces.

with Occurrences 8%

Their pretty, dark feather dresses became rough and lustreless, and their eyes were riveted with hopeless longing on the sky without.

of Occurrences 6%

Each man wore beneath his cap a little head covering of burnished steel set with rivets of gold, and underneath his jerkin a coat of linked mail, as fine as carded wool, yet so tough that no arrow could pierce it.

into Occurrences 4%

We are fighting "to put down militarism and the dominance of a military class," says the great B.P., and one can only hope that when the war is over we shall remember and rivet into shape this great and good purposenot only with regard to foreign militarism, but also with regard to our own.

as Occurrences 3%

But there was one man in the assembly on whom all eyes were soon riveted as the greatest theologian and logician that had arisen in the Church since the apostolic age.

around Occurrences 2%

Some who are prone to run away, have iron fetters riveted around their ancles, sometimes they are put only on one foot, and are dragged on the ground.

for Occurrences 2%

"There they are, riveted for life," said the actor to me, with a little lift of his shoulder.

through Occurrences 2%

A.A great frame of malleable iron, the size of the hole, is first set up, and the plating of the ship is brought to the edge of this hole, and is riveted through the frame.

between Occurrences 1%

Hard cast iron blocks are riveted between the guard plates to serve as guides for the axle bushes.

out Occurrences 1%

"Now that you've got those rivets out of your system, may I get personal for an instant?" "Just about an instant." "I could listen to you all day.

within Occurrences 1%

A.The space between the external and internal fire boxes forms a water space, which must be stayed every 4-1/2 or 5 inches by means of copper or iron stay bolts, screwed through the outer fire box into the metal of the inner fire box, and securely riveted within it: iron stay bolts are as durable as copper, and their superior tenacity gives them an advantage.

before Occurrences 1%

Yelverton was so eager in the chase, that he kept his eyes riveted before him, fancying from time to time that he saw the boat ahead, and he passed within a hundred and fifty yards of the yawl, without in the least suspecting her vicinity.

underneath Occurrences 1%

The rail to the right hand is furnished with two fish-plates; that to the left with a small steel plate riveted underneath the rail and projecting in.

at Occurrences 1%

These links had two small holes at equal distances apart, and were joined with iron bolts, which were riveted at the ends, thus making a perfectly flat surface, and in that way forming a belt entirely of leather links.

by Occurrences 1%

Coppersmiths staunch the edges of their plates and rivets by means of a cement formed of pounded quicklime, with serum of blood, or white of egg; and in copper boilers such a substance may be useful in stopping the impalpable leaks which sometimes occur, though Roman, cement appears to be nearly as effectual.

Which preposition to use with  rivets