Sentence examples for ransom her from inspiring English sources

Argall resolved to kidnap her and ransom her for English prisoners held by the Powhatan Indians and for English weapons and tools the Powhatan had taken.

But what he characterized as ransom, her lawyer described as nothing more than the kind of monetary settlement and financial distribution that couples commonly discuss in divorce proceedings.

But he did not testify that he knew anything about the trip his wife made to the bank to get $15,000 to ransom her family that the jurors heard about on Monday.

With no armies of Chinese extras to marshal or Saharan sandstorms to combat, Besieged is effectively a two-hander, its action mostly confined to the palazzo where Thewlis buys Newton's love by selling all he possesses to ransom her husband, a political prisoner in Africa.

The Hound now hopes to ransom her to her aunt.

Danny and Vic have kidnapped her and now plan to ransom her for two million pounds.

Margaret remained in custody in England until the French king Louis XI ransomed her in 1475.

The prince, too, falls in love with Grusha but discards her after ransoming her from the Gypsies.

Her husband, Joseph Bradley, trudged after her through waist-high snows, with his dog, to pay her ransom and bring her home.

They said it was not known if the gunmen who seized the girl, Margaret Hill, outside her school had demanded a ransom for her release.

In Faisalabad two days later, another kidnapped child, seven-year-old Samina Ali, was found dead in a drain after her parents failed to pay a ransom for her.