Which preposition to use with switch

on Occurrences 60%

For Griffith kept his men keyed up to the fighting pitch during the greater part of the season, and when they did start slumping in September, he made a slight switch on his infield, applied the brakes and started them going up again.

in Occurrences 18%

"I did hear something about a switch in horses yesterday afternoon," she admitted.

to Occurrences 15%

Apparently he had switched to automatic pilot, then closed his eyes as he drifted into a state of oblivion.

from Occurrences 12%

Individual training cannot suddenly become class discipline, neither can children be switched from the Nursery School to a full-blown class system.

of Occurrences 10%

"Good morning," said the judge pleasantly, sitting down with a side switch of the bombazine.

off Occurrences 7%

Immediately the Chinaman moved round her chair and, employing both hands, in one instant switched off the hooded bulb and reilluminated the lamp of brass.

for Occurrences 6%

She said clubs were for big dogs and switches for little dogs, if one had to use them.

at Occurrences 5%

It takes a hand in our affairs without apology, and throws a switch at the last moment.

into Occurrences 4%

But, do you know, I heard of a lady who wore a switch into a riding- school ring one day, and it came off, and the riding master had to keep it in his pocket until the end of the session.

with Occurrences 2%

she called back, as she gave the horse a switch with the end of the halter, and was off at a lumbering pace.

across Occurrences 2%

"They had followed the hounds on to one of the side tracks which led out of the main drive, and that divided into a smaller track still, where the branches switched across their faces as they went, and there was barely room for one horse at a time.

over Occurrences 2%

Would he be as self-sacrificing as before, postponing his own ease and comfort to the public good, or would he have become more sedentary, and less fond of circumambulating the school-room with a switch over his shoulder?

about Occurrences 2%

He used to follow me to see if I obeyed his orders, and one day when I had been persuaded by some boys of our neighborhood to go and bathe in the forbidden hours, he found me in the pond, led me home, and, cutting two tough peartree switches about the thickness, at the butt, of his forefinger, he took me down into the cellar, and making me strip off my jacket, broke them up to the stumps over my back, protected only by a cotton shirt.

past Occurrences 1%

Coming along that last bit of road I heard something whistling every now an' then like the top note of a tin whistle, and something else goin' whisk like a cane switched past your ear, and another lot saying smack like a whip-lash snapping.

round Occurrences 1%

It is the central girls' business to see that connections are made quickly and correctly, that no lines are tied up unnecessarily, that messages are properly charged to the right persons, that in case of a break in a line the messages are switched round the trouble, and above all that there shall be no delay.

by Occurrences 1%

When a fixed line is used, it is better to replace the movable switch by a fixed cast-iron switch, and to let the workmen who drive the wagon push it in the direction required.

between Occurrences 1%

A yellow mule was hitched to the rickety fence in front of her and she stood on the stoop of a little white frame-house with an elm switch between her teeth and gloves on her hands, which were white and looked strong.

Which preposition to use with  switch