Example sentences of "[pers pn] a big favour " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Besides , I wish to ask you a big favour . ’ |
| 2 | Do you know , it 's a most peculiar thing , a number of people who said , erm , one of our really made me laugh , a couple of Friday 's ago , came and said to me , typical , Christ , he 's done you a big favour has n't he ? |
| 3 | ‘ Frank , could you do me a big favour and see if you can find who this guy Azul is ? ’ |
| 4 | Mrs Goreng presented the idea like she was doing me a big favour , giving me the chance to teach the future malai President . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ The word from Manchester United fans was that we could do them a big favour , and we 've undoubtedly done them one , but I got the impression that our own fans would not have been too bothered if we 'd lost today . ’ |
| 6 | Middlesbrough , with goalkeeper Ian Ironside making his first-team debut at Wolves , are hoping that local rivals Newcastle United can do them a big favour . |
| 7 | FOOTBALL fans thought Lord Justice Taylor had done them a big favour when his report into the Hillsborough tragedy condemned the ill-thought ID card scheme to the dustbin of history . |
| 8 | It was as if I were doing him a big favour . |
| 9 | Friendly , but then we are about to do him a big favour . |
| 10 | ‘ Just one , ’ she said graciously , managing to make it sound as though she were doing him a big favour . |
| 11 | The result did our boys a certain amount of good , but now — following our own bizarre 3–3 draw in Poznam — we will have to venture abroad in the fervent hope that Poland can do us a Big Favour . |