Which preposition to use with shootings

of Occurrences 57%

Mac's voice was machine-madeas innocent of modulation as a buzz-saw, and with the same uncompromising finality as the shooting of a bolt.

in Occurrences 31%

Notwithstanding his preoccupations, W. managed to get a few days' shooting in November.

at Occurrences 15%

All shooting at game, even for food, except on most urgent occasions, is strictly forbidden, for a rifle shot may be as misleading to our own patrols and outposts as it would be inviting to the Hun.

with Occurrences 9%

My thoughts were wandering toward the English lakes, and a bit of grouse-shooting with my uncle up in Scotland, when the faithful Francesco re-entered, saying "I've sent the captain and his madman away till this afternoon, signore.

on Occurrences 9%

When Mr Yellowley went away, after nearly six months' sojourn, during the latter part of which, so wonderfully was he restored by the air and the water and the medical care of Mr MacMichael, he enjoyed a little shooting on the hills, he paid him a hundred and fifty pounds for accommodation and medical attendanceno great sum, as money goes now-a-days, but a good return in six months for the outlay of a thousand pounds.

from Occurrences 8%

I deem that though my speech be of high sound I yet shall hit the mark, as it were an archer shooting from a bow.

as Occurrences 6%

And now a low murmur ran all among that great crowd, for never before had London seen such shooting as this; and never again would it see it after Robin Hood's day had gone.

by Occurrences 4%

If this were the case, one would expect that Austria-Hungary, in declaring war subsequently to the alleged shooting by Serbians at frontier guards, would make mention of the acts as a casus belli.

FOR Occurrences 3%

YOU SEE THERE'S BEEN NO SERIOUS SHOOTING FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

without Occurrences 3%

I never recur to this day's elephant shooting without regretting my folly in contenting myself with securing only one elephant.

to Occurrences 3%

An old envelope stuck in a sliver in the door bore the entry in lead- pencil, "Gone Duck Shooting to Plover Slough," for it was the custom of the twins to faithfully chronicle the cause of their absence and their probable location each time they left home, to make it easy to find them in the event of a cablegram from Aunt Patience's solicitors!

across Occurrences 2%

And he gazed at the broad river and its hanging gardens, and dreamed; and was wakened by the roar of an electric train shooting across the stream on a red causeway a few yards below him.

along Occurrences 2%

Duck shooting along the Atlantic tidewater.

before Occurrences 2%

There were the nights when he was expecting to go duck-shooting before daylight, and waked up at midnight with a strong conviction that he was late about starting.

through Occurrences 2%

You are under fire one minute, the next shooting through some captured palace or barracks or museum of antiques.

until Occurrences 2%

The weather continued unfavorable for hill shooting until the third of September, but that day opened bright and clear, and fearing lest the good conditions might not last, we made an early start.

toward Occurrences 1%

Coquenil looked out around the end of the shelter and saw flames a yard long shooting toward them through widening breaches in the logs.

into Occurrences 1%

I let any man shoot his own game till Mountjoy came up in the world and took the shooting into his own hands.

like Occurrences 1%

She said she hoped I was quite all right again, and I suppose I said I was, with my leg shooting like a gathered tooth (it was pretty bad all that spring).

over Occurrences 1%

The shooting over four or five hundred acres, and the meeting of not less than three packs of hounds in the immediate neighbourhood, with salmon and trout fishing within easy distance of the mansion, are also considered indispensable.

Which preposition to use with  shootings