Sentence examples for patron back from inspiring English sources

Stranded and short of cash, the Belzonis fell into the orbit of the British consul general, a sycophantic former portrait painter named Henry Salt, who owed his appointment to a wealthy patron back home, keen to acquire Egyptian antiquities.

Almost half a century after Ussher's death, a scholarly English bishop included a long string of Ussher's dates among his own editorial notes in the margins of his new edition of the "Authorized" or "King James" translation of the Bible into English, which had originally been published with the authority of Ussher's royal patron back in 1611.

Security attended and assisted patrons back to their seats.

Most restaurants have certain standout dishes that lure patrons back.

But he firmly stands by it, and his patrons back him.

John Duck's did not lack for glamorous patrons back in the day, said Roger Westerhoff, the brothers' uncle, who sold his share of the restaurant in 1995.

Hollywood turned out too many musicals in those first years of sound, and audiences grew tired of them: it's said that some theaters started advertising "Not a musical" to lure patrons back.

Like Capote, Beaton was not well-born but became a high-society favorite, and he paid his patrons back with opulent portraits — the ones of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Lee Radziwill and her daughter, Anna Christina, are dazzling.

I was not the daughter of journalists and had no political patrons – back home I had as much chance of entering the profession as I had of becoming pope.

A group of restaurateurs has banded with local and city organizations to run flashy campaigns in windows, newspapers and tourist literature to lure patrons back around the lazy susans.

The library's home page has also become a way to advertise on-site events, like films, talks and performances, thereby drawing patrons back to the building, she said.