Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] threaten his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't want to run into Ballater again ; his wish to purchase the cottage put him in the enemy camp and threatened his peace . |
| 2 | For Gillis infatuation slides into obsession , even as he becomes aware of ensnarement in a fatal web of greed , ambition and deceit , of a trap that threatens his sanity , his life and that of his son . |
| 3 | All evils have to be dealt with ; nothing happens by accident ; every occurrence that threatens his existence has to be explained . |
| 4 | That was Turner 's prize for fighting back from a broken leg that threatened his young career last year . |
| 5 | Gascoigne was to have gone to Lazio at the end of July for the club to monitor his rehabilitation after the knee ligament operation that threatened his career . |
| 6 | He also proclaimed himself fit for the job and fully recovered from the heart attack that threatened his career over four years ago . |
| 7 | A strange start to the development of a technique popularly associated with ‘ good posture ’ — but the problem that threatened his career bore out exactly one of the central principles of Alexander teaching : ‘ use promotes function ’ — or , more explicitly , misuse of the body in the everyday activities of walking , standing , sitting and talking , causes dysfunction , while good use promotes healthy function . |
| 8 | The same powers which took my friend 's video away from him at the airport and threatened his livelihood into the bargain , have routinely been used against our whole culture . |