The money he had brought with him represented the sum demanded by the State for the release of Black on bail.

When Gennadius refused to pay the additional sums demanded from Constantinople, his own men overthrew him.

When she was three years old she was kidnapped, and an impossibly high sum demanded as the price of her return.

The amateur sought him out, paid the small sum demanded, and returned to Paris in triumph.

He states that we must, therefore, agree to pay the full sums demanded; otherwise he will leave Paris, carrying away all the stolen documents.

The parties were not on an equal footing; and generally the payer paid the sum demanded in ignorance that it was not due.

The sum demanded by the owner was 1500 pounds and the offer I made him was 700 pounds, though much less than her real value.

Barely," said Gurth, though the sum demanded was more reasonable than he expected, "and it will leave my master nigh penniless.

The local populace, becoming increasingly angry at the exarch, rallied to the pope and paid the sum demanded.

Kattabomman could have easily paid the sum demanded by British, but he chose to give relatives as surety.