Which preposition to use with tackled

in Occurrences 11%

It begins to seem to me that I have got to try to get along with the Accusative alone & leave the rest of this grammar to be tackled in the future life.

of Occurrences 9%

"Even the very nets and tackle of these poor fishermen, I heard, were pawned, and, unless they be assisted to redeem them, they will be unable to take advantage of the herring shoals, even when they approach their coast.

on Occurrences 9%

In forming the second half the coach called: "Mr. Jetson will resume his place as right tackle on the second eleven.

for Occurrences 8%

They walked over every opponent they tackled for the first few weeks, then began to slip and it required herculean efforts to keep them in the first division at the finish.

with Occurrences 8%

They had all brought their fishing-tackle with them, as a matter of course; plenty of worms for bait were to be dug in the garden; and Dab Kinzer had learned, by careful inquiry, that both bait and tackle could be used to good purpose in the waters of "Green Pond," and sundry other small bits of lakes, miles and miles away among the hills to the north of Grantley.

to Occurrences 5%

" Dorothy greeted me first, and we stood close together at the rail, as the men hoisted the chest on deck, and then fastened the tackle to the boat She said nothing, asked nothing, but her hands clung to my arm, and whenever I turned toward her, our eyes met.

by Occurrences 3%

They had all brought sticks; so that they would have been a pretty formidable lot to tackle by anything simply physical; and, of course, Wentworth had his gun.

across Occurrences 2%

You ought to be able to work steam-ploughing tackle across a whole parish, if the rope could be made strong enough.

from Occurrences 2%

As fishermen came but rarely, the fish were in countless numbers; and in such a galaxy there were bound to be few misguided fish that did not know a sportsman's tackle from a dub's.

into Occurrences 1%

The horse, which had been tackled into the wagon, was a vicious horse and had several times run away, to the danger of Mr. Dexter's life and others of the family.

as Occurrences 1%

"They helped somewhat in the exams, to enter Annapolis, but they've never helped me with any of the studies that I've had to tackle as a midshipman.

beside Occurrences 1%

But Littlefield at left-guard was also weakening, and the tackle beside him was in scarce better plight.

above Occurrences 1%

Placing the long slide in position, I greased it with cart-grease, hooked the tackle above the upper end, attached the grips and very soon had the three casks hoisted up into the passage that opened into the back yard.

near Occurrences 1%

Then Blair had the ball, was off, was tackled near the side line under the Yates stand, and the two teams were quickly lined up again.

onto Occurrences 1%

"Well, now, my advice is to give her up, to drop all thoughts of her, and to make up your mind to tackle onto some other girl when you find one that is good enough.

than Occurrences 1%

'Measter,' he shouted to the farmer in the gig, 'can't you send us out some better tackle than this yer stuff?' He poured some ale out of the jar on the stubble with an expression of utter disgust.

towards Occurrences 1%

While Mark, in this frame of mind, went rambling around his narrow domains, Bob got the dingui, and proceeded with his fishing-tackle towards some of the naked rocks, that lifted their caps above the surface of the sea, in a north-westerly direction from the crater.

Which preposition to use with  tackled