Which preposition to use with signaling

for Occurrences 417%

A signal for silence was given, and the boats were permitted to float with the current in the direction of the precipice.

of Occurrences 285%

The last great glow that you saw was the signal of their destruction.

to Occurrences 272%

All the aides-de-camp were making frantic signals to me to go on, and the whole cortege was stopped.

from Occurrences 148%

Then an old-fashioned porticoed mansion came into view, and on signal from the driver a posse of colored servants came trooping out noisily to carry the invalid in.

with Occurrences 37%

Now they received the signal with a fierce delight, and dashed forward against the enemy with a fury which nothing could resist.

in Occurrences 36%

An African trait may be signalled in the prominence which it offers the hare, as in the stories of Ouslofs and Bantous.

by Occurrences 35%

They had served as firemen; they had mastered many of the electrical details of a battleship; they had received instruction and had "stood trick" by the engines; there had been some drill with the smaller, rapid-fire guns, and finally, they had learned at least the rudiments of "wig-wagging," as signaling by means of signal flags is termed.

on Occurrences 24%

Those in front sounded the "at rest" and the "ready" signal on their trumpets in a kind of circular spot, and then the rest came in who were to rouse the spirit of the soldier and incite them to the onset.

at Occurrences 20%

But the cost of her action already somehow came back to her with increase; the dear gaunt man fairly wavered, to her sight, in the glory of it, as if signalling at her, with wild gleeful arms, from some mount of safety, while the massive lady just spread and spread like a rich fluid a bit helplessly spilt.

through Occurrences 7%

Following the direction indicated by the mirror, Inspector Chippenfield saw Mrs. Hill had been signalling through a window which looked into the back yard.

between Occurrences 6%

It is always well in hill shooting to have an understood code of signals between your man and yourself.

as Occurrences 4%

A friction of the firing line about to rush should, it practicable, avoid using the long blast signal as an aid to CEASE FIRING.

against Occurrences 4%

A wild idea occurred to the Captain that if he should write the exact truth, perhaps his memoirs might serve Peter as a signal against a futile, empty journey.

across Occurrences 3%

It has been but a short time since both the scientific and the financial worlds were astounded by the actual transmission of intelligible wireless signals across the Atlantic, and the name of Marconi will go down to posterity as the one who first accomplished this great feat.

along Occurrences 3%

From post to post the signal along the border flies And the tocsin sounds its summons and the startled burghers rise, While in Baeza every bell Does the appalling tidings tell, "Arm! Arm!" Rings on the night the loud alarm.

towards Occurrences 3%

Yagorsha stood stock-still, although the Boy waved unmistakable danger-signals towards Joe's ighloo.

out Occurrences 3%

Was not that the old signal out of the pasture days, calling for a gallop?

than Occurrences 2%

[h]; and this steady conquest over human avidity may be regarded as more signal than their prompting men to the most extraordinary and most violent efforts.

under Occurrences 2%

And the Admiralty did not at present contemplate the establishment of these time-signals under their own authority.

among Occurrences 2%

Near the house of the wealthy student he observed whisperings and mysterious signals among the neighbors, but not comprehending what they meant, continued serenely on his way and entered the doorway.

after Occurrences 2%

" Signal after signal for Emett earned no response, though Jim far below to the left sent me an answer.

in Occurrences 1%

Visual Signaling in General.

above Occurrences 1%

A hundred feet away he came to a halt, still flourishing the peace signal above his hat.

alongside Occurrences 1%

This operation, too, is controlled from the engine-cab, and it is one of the fireman's duties to let down the pipe when the water-signal alongside the track appears.

amongst Occurrences 1%

this was the agreed signal amongst the Huzarehs, who, screened by the undulations of the savannah or hidden in the watercourses, had been anxiously awaiting the event.

Which preposition to use with  signaling