1. That diamond necklace must have cost a king's ransom.

2. That painting must be worth a king's ransom.

3. A king's ransom in a leather belt.

4. It wouldn't matter if you'd been promised a king's ransom if you achieved a lucky jump to the scorpion.

5. Her diamond necklace must have cost a king's ransom.

6. The painting was sold for a king's ransom.

7. They paid a king's ransom for the painting.

8. SOD . Truffles cost a king's ransom.

9. A king's ransom would hardly have procured all that my daughters asked for.

10. A King's ransom would hardly have procured all that my other daughters asked for.

11. But sometimes I want to be pampered like royalty - without having to pay a king's ransom.

12. An emerald of that size, unflawed, would be worth a king's ransom.

13. I bought a leg of lamb in the supermarket and it cost a king's ransom.