Example sentences of "[pers pn] [art] favour " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yu not doing me nu favour |
| 2 | Will you do me the favour of remembering that , Sara ? " |
| 3 | We did " em a favour . " |
| 4 | but he did I a favour at by bringing out er a law that said that they must provide something like this . |
| 5 | Someone may have even done you a favour . |
| 6 | Why ? because this is not your country , because the British have done you a favour by letting you in . |
| 7 | You are good at expressing yourself , which stands you in good stead if you want to ask someone to do you a favour . |
| 8 | He said we owed you a favour , because of all that fuss and bother about the dog that was chasing sheep . |
| 9 | ‘ If that 's the case I 'll stay out longer than I 'd planned , and do you a favour ! ’ |
| 10 | They are not simply doing you a favour . |
| 11 | And I have to ask you a favour . |
| 12 | They have n't cultivated the attitude that by serving you they 're doing you a favour . |
| 13 | Here I 'm doing you a favour and all I get is crummy insults . ’ |
| 14 | Preston , I 'm going to do you a favour . ’ |
| 15 | So I thought I 'd do you a favour . |
| 16 | I 've come to ask you a favour . ’ |
| 17 | The chief purpose of this letter is actually to ask you a favour . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not doing you a favour , ’ Claudia snapped . |
| 19 | ‘ But I 'm doing you a favour . |
| 20 | Clearly , you may also be able to persuade someone to lend you money if you have power of some sort — if they owe you a favour or if you are their boss or if you are in a position of some authority for example . |
| 21 | ‘ Okay , ’ said Nerina , ‘ but I guess I owe you a favour , all the same . |
| 22 | ‘ No one 's saying it is , but I 'm in the house because I 'm doing you a favour . |
| 23 | Morse smiled to himself , and was walking over to the door when Stratton spoke again : ‘ Can I ask you a favour ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm trying to screw up enough courage to ask you a favour , ’ she muttered , flushing . |
| 25 | Listen , I 'm doing you a favour . |
| 26 | Well last time we , last time he came with us , I said there 's one thing I just want to ask you a favour , that 's enough , she 's as happy as harry now she 's faced up to the fact , that er , he was not good because he did n't love her any way , she loved him . |
| 27 | Did you a favour there did n't she Geoff ? |
| 28 | It 's funny how er th trends change , but that was a was quite a common occurrence was that , men feeling ashamed of what they 'd got but trying er er in terms of these magazines giving them as if they were doing you a favour . |
| 29 | Can I ask you a favour ? |
| 30 | This afternoon you came to my office as if you were doing me a favour . |