Sentence examples similar to went caps from inspiring English sources

Detroit's Big Three went caps-in-hand to Congress for public assistance.The price of oil breached $100 a barrel for the first time in January.

"I'm afraid I went cap in hand.

But whenever a hiccup occurred, party bosses invariably went cap in hand to the federal government.This year, no exception.

Now it was Merrill that went cap in hand to the US's largest retail bank for a rescue deal.

On April 22nd Sir Fred went cap in hand to shareholders, asking them for £12 billion ($24 billion) in Europe's largest capital-raising to date.

Lenihan was shattered, later describing how he thought to himself, as he went cap-in-hand to the international money men, "This is terrible.

I went, cap in hand, to Denison to ask whether I might have permission to put five cameras on the stage with the artists.

He declared the visit "one of the worst national humiliations since we went cap in hand to the IMF in the 70s".

Mr. Conteh said he went, cap in hand, to the minister of communications to ask for the country's first GSM license.

As taxpayers will know to their cost, less than four months later HBOS went cap in hand to its shareholders for £4bn to allow it to continue as a going concern.

To reassure vendors they'd get paid during the all-important holiday season, the company needed cash, so went cap in hand to the market on Friday, diluting shareholders by up to 44 percent in the process.