Sentence examples similar to he needs a patron from inspiring English sources

A much more plausible inspiration of Erasmus' turn toward religion was a man whom he met after he returned to the Netherlands for an extended stay (1501 1505), mainly because he needed a patron who would subsidize his studies.

"We need a patron," he said.

Ms. Montalto recalled the panic that one patron went through when he needed a Bellini score to study for an opera audition.

"When you needed a patron, mobs and mafia prevailed, protection rackets were the order of the day.

With his uncle's death, Oswald needed a patron and turned to another kinsman, Oskytel, who had recently become Archbishop of York.

The rules may have changed, but 79-year-old widow Teresia Joele says that she still needs a male patron.

Chalabi was running out of money, however, and he needed new patrons.

What I needed was a patron saint of housewares.

On Henry II's death (1559), Condé came forward as the military leader of the Huguenots: he needed their backing to make himself at all considerable politically; they needed a princely patron more resolute than his eldest brother Anthony of Bourbon, king of Navarre, though Condé's licentious way of life accorded ill with their principles.

Thus, a teacher or bouncer might say they "need" a pupil or squiffy patron to step outside the classroom or bar.

Even before he decides which route to take, though, he will need to find patrons willing to pay for it.