ransom造句
61. But emotionally he was pitiful, held to ransom by an appalling wife.
62. Archbishop Prospero Penados del Barrio has charged that some political parties have financed their activities with ransom money.
63. We are used to evil men demanding a ransom before their victim can be released.
64. If the woman resisted Weston's voice simply out of obedience to Maleldil, then what was the function of Ransom?
65. We know that many among ourselves have given themselves to bondage that they might ransom others.
66. In a phone booth, Celine gives Robert lessons in sounding demanding and ruthless in his ransom calls to Naville.
67. But there is no way he will be held to ransom over a figure which is totally unrealistic.
68. If Maxwell pays the ransom I don't think there's much hope.
69. What's outrageous is that one powerful and greedy bully, followed by its lackeys, can hold the world to ransom.
70. The case unfolded at about 5 a. m. on Dec. 26 when Patricia Ramsey found the ransom note.
71. Similarly, if one companion were captured, his partner was under an obligation to contribute to his ransom.
72. What gives cheaper fuel campaigners the right to hold the country to ransom?
73. But sometimes I want to be pampered like royalty - without having to pay a king's ransom.
74. His jailers realized that his ransom would exceed those of the other prisoners, so Raymond was continuously tortured for preaching.
75. After the families of the two men were contacted, the ransom was upped to $ 1 million.
76. Reagan clung to the belief that he was not paying ransom but merely rewarding an intermediary for services rendered.
77. He looked like a son of kings, one whose parents could pay a great ransom.
78. The countries that control it will be able to hold their clients to ransom.
79. The president said that the company would not be held to ransom by strikes.
80. Store boss James Andrews was warned his sons would be castrated if he did not get the ransom.
81. I read the appeal in the newspapers for Madame V to come forward, but they said nothing about abduction or ransom.
82. Officials often complained that the victim of cattle theft preferred paying the ransom to instituting a court case.
83. Maybe the scarred man had suspected something and wanted a cut of the ransom.
84. What sort of kidnapping was this, with no ransom demand and no parents?
85. Last year the dacoits kidnapped a man and broke both his legs because his family could not afford the ransom.
86. After all, only the Government has the money with which to pay a ransom.
87. Ransom, the name finally arrived at, develops its own significance in the sequels to Out of the Silent Planet.
88. Villagers stole cattle for beef, for a ransom payment, or in some cases for ploughing or local sale.
89. They could buy out national debts, hold governments to ransom, close down whole economies if they wanted to.
90. The unidentified gunmen have demanded a ￡1.2m ransom, he said.
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