Sentence examples for ransom on from inspiring English sources

"I wouldn't consider paying the ransom on principle.

We've spent a fortune on sclerosis, a king's ransom on dysfunction.

Tighter security at sea may have driven some pirates to include kidnappings for ransom on land.

Ms Naqqash, 31, previously said there was "no way" her family could afford the six-figure ransom on his head.

He said he wasn't going to hold the government to "ransom" on any policy issue but he said on gun regulation: "I'm going to get right into it.

The announcement came after French commandos freed two French tourists on Tuesday who had been held for ransom on their yacht off the Somali coast.

But, he added, "the fate of an entire prison population cannot depend on the ransom of one young man...

There's quite an element of hillbilly kidnapping for ransom going on," he said.

There's quite an element of hillbilly kidnapping for ransom going on," says John. "Apparently, Afghan people are being kidnapped all the time.

The attack followed years of threats from Islamic militant groups and other abortive plots by Islamic militants to kill the artist, who at one point had a $1 million ransom posted on his head on a militant Web site.

"We will go back to the time of Redbeard, of pirates, of Ottomans imposing ransoms on boats".