Example sentences of "[adv prt] of joint " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm afraid their noses are a little out of joint , ’ said Mrs Hollidaye . |
| 2 | The time is out of joint , she thought . |
| 3 | And Marion Aluinn would find her long nose out of joint … |
| 4 | The exit of Jeffrey Dujon , who filled such a pivotal position as a high-class number seven batsman and wicket-keeper for 10 years , has thrown the balance of the team out of joint , as was obvious in the World Cup and in the Test against South Africa a problem likely to send the selectors searching for a ‘ keeper ’ who can contribute with the bat as well . |
| 5 | Kathy 's nose will be out of joint for a while , but she 'll calm down . |
| 6 | ‘ Maybe he 's had his nose put out of joint by Gazza and that could be a reason . |
| 7 | The changes are still under way at Liverpool and Souness will put a few more noses out of joint before he 's finished . |
| 8 | In another letter he describes how he impishly tried to put Schikaneder 's nose out of joint by playing the glockenspiel out of time from the wings . |
| 9 | And there 's no taping to be out of joint — as with plasterboards . |
| 10 | The move is n't expected to put SunSoft Inc 's nose out of joint , the effort is parallel to SunSoft 's unbundling of the Solaris operating system . |
| 11 | They say that aside from getting a few noses out of joint at Microsoft Corp , enough people felt BillyGram was a silly name and would prevent it from being taken seriously . |
| 12 | They had both lived through the great period of modern literature and had survived its passing : they were in a sense foreigners , out of joint with their time . |
| 13 | Time was thrown completely out of joint by the instant transition from long periods of inactivity , when the most dramatic part of any day was a slow walk to the bathroom and back , to a chaos of orders , panic , delays and wild hurries , fear and physical discomfort . |
| 14 | There are now no legal obligations arising out of joint action , which will remain until the new treaty is effective . |
| 15 | Now that 's a quick fix and has n't cost anything , has n't put anybody 's nose out of joint and |
| 16 | Oh my knee , it feels like I 've pulled it out of joint or something ! |
| 17 | He could have said with Hamlet , The Time is Out of Joint , and Cursed Spit that Ever I was Born to Set it Right . |