Example sentences of "done [pron] [art] favour " in BNC.

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1 So you 've done me a favour , you see .
2 In a way , without knowing it of course , the Old Man had done me a favour .
3 In a way , I was thinking , Gharr had done me a favour .
4 ‘ You 've done me a favour really .
5 You have done me a favour , I told you so . ’
6 Stephen Leatherman , director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research at the University of Maryland , has done them a favour , ranking America 's beaches for beauty , water temperature , quality of sand and the like .
7 Ironically Pegasus have done them a favour by winning the European ‘ B ’ Division only last month , and as a result Portadown will now play the cream of Europe next season in the ‘ A ’ Division .
8 ‘ He believed in the code of loyalty and silence but he could have done himself a favour by letting us know where all the gold was . ’
9 Someone may have even done you a favour .
10 Why ? because this is not your country , because the British have done you a favour by letting you in .
11 Reid insisted that his team had done themselves a favour in their quest to make a late run for Europe and that any favours done for neighbouring causes were only coincidence .
12 ‘ Wales beating England has done us no favours .
13 I never thought I 'd say that a sneak thief had done us a favour .
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