Which preposition to use with slits

in Occurrences 60%

You see, Dick True, the trouble is, our Father has given us a whole world full of air and sunlight to be happy in, and we poison the air with smoke and shut ourselves away from the sunshine in boxes of brick and mortar, only letting a stray beam come in occasionally through slits in the walls which we call windows.

OF Occurrences 57%

"WELL, HE OUGHTER, FOR HIS MOUTH IS LIKE THE SLIT OF A POST-OFFICE BOX."]

at Occurrences 7%

As an example, take some apricots not too ripe, make a small slit at the stem end, and push out the stone; simmer them in water till they are softened and about half done, and afterwards throw them into cold water.

for Occurrences 7%

Now as he stood to scan with purposeful eye donjon and bartizan, merlon and arrow-slit for gleam of light, for glint of mail or pike-head, he grew aware of a sound hard by, yet very faint and sweet, that came and wenta small and silvery chime he could by no means account for.

to Occurrences 4%

" Again, of the Leucrocotta: "A most destructive beast about the size of an ass, with legs of a deer, the neck, tail and breast of a lion, a badger's head, cloven hoof, mouth slit to the ears, and, in place of teeth, a solid line of bone.

with Occurrences 4%

"Look," said the latter, "I've cut a little tiny slit with my knife in each door-post, about three feet from the ground, and I'm going to stretch this piece of black cotton between them.

down Occurrences 3%

When the skin looks clean, make a slit down the belly, take out the entrails, well clean the nostrils and ears, wash the pig in cold water, and wipe it thoroughly dry.

through Occurrences 3%

He slowly pushed his chair back from the table and with eyes half-closedthe lids tightening until there were but narrow slits through which the black pupils burned like drops of jethe began slowly to straighten up.

between Occurrences 2%

Now, as he stared through the narrow slit between the bottom of the curtain and the sill, he knew that he was looking upon one of the most dangerous men in all the West.

from Occurrences 2%

The crop should be slit from the bottom to the top with a sharp pair of scissors, the contents taken out, and the slit sewed up again with line white thread.

along Occurrences 2%

The lower jaw is deep and hollow, and its upper edges turn in to meet each other, so that you may fairly describe it as a pipe with a narrow slit along the upper side.

without Occurrences 1%

No one will see it, and if they go through the door, the thread will simply draw out of one of the slits without their noticing it, and we shall see that it's been disturbed.

by Occurrences 1%

Some of these approached closely to assassination; as in the famous case of Sir John Coventry, who was waylaid, and had his nose slit by some young men of high rank, for a reflection upon the king's theatrical amours.

into Occurrences 1%

The ground was trampled up by their hoofs, and the carcass was rent and slit into pieces.

like Occurrences 1%

Thank Heaven, none of her children had their faces slit like a fire-breathing dragon, so to speak; but they were none the worse for that, maybe.

on Occurrences 1%

The first stage is panelled so as not to present too great a contrast to the octagon, and the next is also panelled and has narrow canopied slits on alternate sides, with four thin buttress-like projections on each face.

under Occurrences 1%

Then the invoker got up and extinguished the light in the hall, so that no glimmer might come through the slit under the door.

Which preposition to use with  slits