Sentence examples for approached for help from inspiring English sources

He said the 35 foundations that he approached for help have turned him down.

An ideological distaste for the private sector means that even where business could help philanthropically, it is rarely approached for help.

In 1949 Orwell, a newly famous author, was directly approached for help by a friend from the government department charged with countering Soviet anti-Western propaganda.

She claims that, despite her involvement in project activities, an officer she approached for help turned down her request for a lift.

Gittings says she has never been approached for help – "people are really embarrassed" – so she offers support on the basis of what children let slip to staff.

Neither the weak Somali Transitional Federal Government nor Puntland officials had any real influence with the pirate gangs, and tribal elders approached for help promised much but delivered little.

You didn't need a white coat to be someone they'd approach for help.

I didn't trust healthcare professionals, hated going to the hospital for appointments and didn't know who I could approach for help.

"Ms M was far away from home, she had been through a terrifying ordeal, and the FCO were the only authority she could approach for help.

Scott exploits the contrasting viewpoints especially well in her portrait of the relationship between Elizabeth and Ellios, a dentist turned antiques dealer whom Elizabeth approaches for help in selling the erotic prints.

Nine years after the attack on the World Trade Center, a crucial deadline is approaching for helping thousands of first responders, cleanup workers and volunteers suffering long-term medical and economic losses.