Sentence examples for threatens before from inspiring English sources

With the other, it threatens (before backing down) to nationalise part of a steelworks, and has stuck to higher taxes (see box on next page).

Mr. Leyzaola had been threatened before, quite often, in his last job as the head of public security in Tijuana.

Of course, the traditional console business has been threatened before.

Storms had threatened before, sometimes leaving behind a few feet of water.

I have felt legitimately threatened before, and I didn't "stand my ground".

After all, the Internet has threatened big businesses as they've never been threatened before.

Celtic grew in possession but they had not seriously threatened before opening the scoring.

Sergei Filin had been threatened before: his e-mail was hacked, his car tyres slashed and his mobile phone disabled.

Johnson, Santa Cruz and Tevez might have added the third City long threatened before they wilted in the latter stages.

He believes some of that revenue and those jobs were threatened before the 1998 copyright extension law.

Djibril Camara had twice threatened before the fast hands of Morné Steyn and his fellow winger Julien Arias gave Camara an unhindered run home.