Sentences with phrase «hostage for»

Scam artists posing as reputable moving companies are taking advantage of consumers, in some cases holding their possessions hostage for more money before they will deliver them.

«The experience usually ends up with the consumer's goods being held hostage for more money, delivery delays and losses or damage to treasured possessions,» says the association.

«Should an agent decide to leave us, their trailer fees will follow them because we never want to hold our agents hostage for deals they've worked hard to fund.»

Why doesn't Tara forgive Bill (setting aside, of course, the fact that Tara was held hostage for several days by a particularly unsavory vampire)?

When she was sick, I felt I was held emotionally hostage for keeping her from kindergarten.

Repeated calls to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico gave the family no help in getting their father out of Mexico, and the family accuses the hospital of holding their father hostage for the money the family was repeatedly shelling out.

After they had been held hostage for two weeks, an assault was launched by an SAS unit supported by suppression fire from helicopters, leading to between 25 to 150 dead among the West Side Boys.

Selden was able to hold the nascent automobile industry hostage for 16 years, stalling his patent application for an «improved road engine» with repeated amendments and other legal maneuvering.

The Climate Home news service puts it this way: «Climate talks in Bonn have been held hostage for more than a week over the issue, as poor countries called for a space to hold the rich to account on their promises.»

I have a hard time believing Nintendo couldn't just buy the rights so that they own and can release their property, unless whoever has those rights is basically holding them hostage for an exorbitant price.

The vanity press is in effect saying «We're pretty sure your book will never make any money (which is why we made you pay us to publish it in the first place), but on the slim chance that it miraculously goes big, then we're holding it and all the rights to it hostage for however long it continues to rake in the dough.»]

So it was only by going to Beth's house that I knew those crazy Iranians had kept people hostage for 227 days by our second - to - last day of school, June 17.

(Learn more about where to purchase your ISBNs at http://1106design.com/2016/04/isbns-lccns-and-copyright-oh-my/) The company never releases the design files to the author (only the PDF, maybe), and will happily hold the indie author hostage for more money should changes ever be required to those files.

Through the innocent eyes of Jack — and the completely original, inspired writing of Donoghue — we come to learn that Room is a soundproof converted shed in the backyard of a twisted kidnapper Jack knows as Old Nick, who has held Ma hostage for years, and Jack for his entire life.

During a bank holdup in Stockholm, Sweden in 1973, two men held four people hostage for six days.

Chrysler's earlier request for federal and provincial government assistance inspired some critics to accuse the automaker of «holding the country hostage for the sake of good - paying manufacturing jobs,» says News.

Why didn't the Post examine their motives and how students and taxpayers are held hostage for political, personal, and financial gain by the reformers before the «manifesto» was published?

Canton Middle School, like too many urban schools, had been held hostage for decades — by tradition, central authority, low expectations, and ineffective leadership.

As William's explained, «It was reported to me Republicans were holding it hostage for a completely unrelated and obscure issue: Sunday hunting,»

One of Cruise's best performances, as a deliciously unhinged hitman who takes an L.A. cab driver (Jamie Foxx) hostage for a night.

The Blu - ray gives us a new chance to ignore it all over again... hopefully marking the first steps in weaning ourselves off of the author's toxic prose that have held us all hostage for far too long.

Believing they had killed his daughter after they took her hostage for leverage added a bit more to his character, such as his line in the previous episode about how «people are monsters only when Americans are killed» and his scene with Miranda Otto was well acted.

They slip out of the embassy and find shelter with the Canadian Ambassador (Victor Garber) in his residence while the rest of their compatriots are taken hostage for a long stay in the embassy compound at the mercy of the revolutionaries.

The film stars Josh Brolin as Joe Doucette, a man who is abruptly kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement, for no apparent reason.

A man who has been kidnapped and held hostage for nearly 20 years in solitary confinement — for no apparent reason — is abruptly released without explanation and embarks on a mission to find out who imprisoned him and why.

Line after line of dialogue rolls by and almost nothing strikes the funny bone, and in between the attempts at wit come some very tired gags, like Steven's girlfriend, played by Callista Flockhart («Ally McBeal»), taking a Pomeranian hostage for barking too much.

Brie Larson plays the mother, while Sean Bridgers plays the creep who's held her hostage for years.

An angry mob attacked the U.S. embassy and took everyone hostage for 444 days.

In April, 2009, Somali pirates boarded an American cargo ship with the intention of taking the ship's inhabitants hostage for a large sum of cash.

Oldboy is a provocative, visceral thriller that follows the story of Joe Doucett, a man who is abruptly kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement, for no apparent reason.

Then they decide arm themselves with squirt guns and take the station hostage for not playing their demo.

Josh Brolin stars as an advertising executive held hostage for 20 years before being inexplicably released in this Spike Lee thriller.

The former general secretary of the NPP was reportedly held hostage for about 45minutes by the bandits.

You don't hold somebody hostage for your own personal needs.»

The state hadn't brought in an on - time spending plan since 1983 — as then - Speaker Sheldon Silver held everyone hostage for weeks upon weeks so he could deliver the maximum for his special - interest patrons.

A struggling Bronx woman's dream of becoming a lawyer has been held hostage for three years because a former employer she is suing for sexual harassment has challenged her truthfulness...

«When you say that we're holding this hostage, I would submit to you that you have held this hostage for two years now; these are nine good pieces of legislation that women need, want and should have had two years ago.»

Mr. Botwe, who is also a former general secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) was reportedly held hostage for about 45 minutes by the robbers.

The Republicans in the state Senate held the budget hostage for 106 days, costing the state economy billions of dollars in a lower bond rating and lack of confidence.

The soldiers held the journalists hostage for over ten minutes.

Klein went out of his way to reject any connections between the Espada - Monserrate coup last summer that ended up holding the Senate hostage for 31 days during the summer of 2009.

On Friday, an ex-con from the Bronx held a family in Albany hostage for 15 hours before police shot him in the chest and took him into custody.

I think you must have seen the depressing pictures of your kins and relatives held hostage for so many yrs in your back yard.Also you did not appear in this forum when a man with 20 heads was arrested in Ogun state also in your backyard.

Reverend Ruben Diaz Sr. was not only an accomplice in holding the State Legislature hostage for his own gain, but has been a vocal opponent of women's rights and marriage equality.

«Holding the public - school system hostage for charter - school expansion isn't right,» said Kallos, who represents the Upper East Side.

Monserrate returned to the fold within days, but Espada refused, single - handedly deadlocking the chamber and holding his colleagues hostage for more than a month.

Bush holds your email inbox hostage for a measly $ 25 ransom... a bargain at any price).

Monserrate returned to the Democratic fold within several days, but Espada refused, holding the Senate hostage for 31 days.

In March Bedouin held one of the multinational bases for a week, and in May ten Fijian soldiers were held hostage for two days.

Wenger doesn't reason the way we fans do and we are held hostage for it.