a Favour

Even if I were starving, I wouldn't ask a favour of him.

The little boy quickly run across the street. Cotton feels very soft. I'd like him to do me a favour.

When I checked the damaged cases with the receiver, I cut down all those with slight damage. You know I've done a favour for you .

One of the directors has offered to wine and dine me so he is probably looking for a favour or trying to sell me something.

She rang up to ask a favour of me.

Do me a favour. He has stood in the way of any progress for seven years -- everyone is waiting for him to leave.

He was a local boy, whose father had worked for a timber company, and lumber interests never had to ask a favour twice.

I want to know whether he leads happily or not, asking you to do a favour to let me make the contact with him good?

When a waitress discovered what had happened, she showed deep sympathy for him and decided to do him a favour.

When you hear these lines trotted out, I want you to do me a favour. I want you to think of a public toilet.

Excuse me, I wonder if you could do me a favour. I'm looking for the police station?

She will, after all, be doing me a favour by relieving me of stuff I can no longer accommodate.

On the strength of our relationship , I asked a favour of him .

I found quickly the negroes were for eating the flesh of this creature, so I was willing to have them take it as a favour from me.

I would like to make a change now because I feel that I can go further here and my good presentation skills will do me a favour .

Now do me a favour and get out of here.

But she would do her country and Europe a favour if she were to speak out more.

Oh, do me a favour and get rid of this luv dup guy sitting next to me, he's talking absolute nonsense.

There's sth wrong with emma. do me a favour. take a look at her.

As the recruitment continues, the surrogate will provide the police officer with a gift, a favour or an advantage.

Can I ask a favour of you= Can I ask you for a favour ? =Can you do me a favour?

But she would do her country a favour if she were to speak out more.

Could you do me a favour to call this number? Thank you!

'Ratty, ' said the Mole suddenly, one bright summer morning, 'if you please, I want to ask you a favour. '

i asked a favour of him once , but he refused point - blank.

I'd like to invite you to dinner before I leave here. Would you do me a favour ?

Would you please do me a favour to reach me that book ?

He came to ask me a favour.

You'll be doing your general fitness and health a favour as well as that of the environment.

Then business will have to suffer. And listen, do me a favour. No more advice on how to patch things up. Just help me win.

Could you do me a favour to take a photo with me ?

Voice: Could I ask you to do me a favour?

He asked a favour of his mother to offer money to him.

It isn't often I ask you to do me a favour.

As a favour Tony promised to help Claire make herself smarter and her home more elegant.

So, what? You gonna throw me out? Fine, you'd actually be doing me a favour. I can take care of myself.

Khalid also asked me if I wanted anything - if I was looking for a favour.

It's not what I wanted, but in the end it did me a favour big time.

Once, Mrs Lora , my neighbour, knocked on my door and asked, "Young man, can you do me a favour? "

Disruptive as the minor errors that accompany Mercury's retrograde cycle may be, they're actually doing you a favour.

The creation of the eurozone was, for this reason alone, much more than a favour Germany did for its partners.

Could you do me a favour and take it to her?

Could you do me a favour to tell him about it?

Joey: Phoebe, could you do me a favour? Could you try this on? I just wanna make sure it fits.

Would you do me a favour, George? --Yes? --This box is too heavy. Please lend me a hand?

He did a favour for his friends when they were in trouble.

Would you please do me a favour to carry this box?

Your employer is not a faceless company but a decent man who has done you a favour.

Do me a favour by turning off the radio.

Do me a favour! All I wanted was a cup of coffee.

eg. If he does you a favour, you should do him a favour. One good turn deserves another.

Got a favour to ask.

Would you be so kind as to do me a favour?

For the moment, I have a favour to ask you. '

Jane: Could you do me a favour? I don't understand this French document.

Carl and Henry met in the street one day. "I want to ask you for a favour, but can you keep it secret for me? " said Carl.

and that human beings are more likely to bestow a favour on someone when they think there is something in it for them.

By voting no, Californians have done Mexico's criminal gangs a favour.

One day Andersen went to ask a favour of the princes of Denmark.

Do me a favour and turn off the TV.

Mr Putin has long been intolerant of alternative centres of power in Russia, but he owed Mr Luzhkov a favour for his backing in 1999.

In some ways, S& P has done its peers a favour by going first with a US downgrade, and absorbing a powerful backlash.

Sometimes, when financiers bet against misconceived government policies, they are actually doing countries a favour.

But the interesting result comes with those who were asked to participate 'as a favour'.

Those who wish a favour of the emperor have to grovel on hand and knee before him .

"We are not doing the world a favour, " he said.

When Chinese people accepts a gift, if it wasn't because of doing that person a favour, they will think of giving a gift back.

Could you do me a favour, taking these cushion in?

Do your skin a favour and start the day with a layer of sunscreen.

Everyone knows the most important rule of selling is to convince the sucker who's paying that you're doing them a favour . . .

Do me a favour and lend me your dictionary.

Oh, miss Carrie, if you are not too busy, could you do me a favour?

He gives you a favour, he gives you to express him!

And David said: I will shew kindness to Hanon the son of Naas: for his father did a favour to me.

Lisa: Could you do me a favour? Please give me some confidential information.

He asked for help from a colleague who owed him a favour.

Edna did me a favour and now I owe her big time.

Wonder if you could do me a favour by posting this letter in the post office nearby on your way home.

eg: Would you mind doing me a favour?

Could you do me a favour this evening?

I wonder if you could do me a favour by post this letter in the post office nearby on your way home.

Would you come and do me a favour? The car won't go.

Would you do me a favour by giving me a lift?

I wonder whether you would mind doing me a favour.

Starting today, I am going to do myself a favour. To forget about the burdens. To forget about the pains. To forget about the hurts.

Could you do me a favour, young lady?

said one. "Do it, do the world a favour and stop wasting our time with your mindless self-pity. "

He asked a favour of me.

If you can make it, I'd like to ask you a favour.

Can you do me a favour by carrying this case upstairs?

Do me a favour and find a good bookshop where I can get some good English books.

Could you do me a favour, sir?

We've still got one last chance this season, one last crack if Arsenal do us a favour.

Will you be so kind as to do me a favour?

That means the group asked to participate as a favour did about the same amount of 'work' as those paid $5. Why?

4? Would you mind doing me a favour? ?

When service personnel have the "I'm doing you a favour " attitude .

When you are tired, do yourself a favour by getting a good night's sleep or eating some good food.

Good morning. May I ask a favour of you?

You could try to bribe your parents, but threats will be useless because they are doing you a favour.

"It's actually doing business a favour, " says Mr Roland-Holst.

She help me a favour?

You owe me a favour .

Can you do me a favour to fill up this bottle?

Morning, Anny. Can you do me a favour?

could u do me a favour?

Are regulators doing private equity a favour?

And now dear Mr. Budd, you must do me a favour.

I have a favour to ask of you.

Tony: : Dad, can I ask a favour? Can I borrow your digital camera?

The big fat guy is doing the planet a favour by NOT riding a bike.

Our agitato sees the investment that has had this side, and come from for the most part besides Gu Ge, this is a favour.

William: But to earn brownie points is more than just doing someone a favour.

Do me a favour. Turn on the light, will you?

If you have never tried a pseudo-WYSIWYG editor, do yourself a favour and download an evaluation version right away.

A: Excuse me. Can you do me a favour?

Helen buys a ruler for Jim as a favour.

Can you do me a favour? Would you help me return these books to the library?

May I ask a favour of you ?

To some extent the government is doing business a favour by promoting early adoption [of energy saving technologies].

That rather depends on whether I got in because my father called in a favour from the tutor for admissions.

If someone buys you lunch, they will expect a favour in return.

I hope you will do me a favour.

Ciladini writes that 'people tend to return a favour'.

S&P did America a favour by pointing this out.

Will you do me a favour? ---Go ahead.

I must beg a favour of you.

do sb a favour do me a favour will you ?

Still I have a favour to ask of them.

e. g. grant a favour, request, etc.

You ask someone for a favour and they say no.

But last week, they did us a favour.

Will you do me a favour, Miss?

If you choose a cat, please do the birds a favour and keep it indoors.

Do me a favour, will you?

on the house as a favour.

I want to ask a favour of you; will you lend me your cell phone?

When George Soros, a hedge-fund manager, helped eject the pound from the Exchange Rate Mechanism in 1992, he did Britain a favour.

Might we ask you a favour?

The flip side is that customers who do switch are doing us all a favour.

Dad, can I ask a favour?

Can I ask a favour?

I hope I can give you a favour.

But, on reflection, I think I did the "young guy" a favour by not giving him a job.

I'll be glad to do you a favour.

It's quite common, if someone agrees to do a favour, to use the future tense to promise a reward. So for example, you might say.

and i think i ' ve done old phil a bit of a favour too

"They said, we will do you a favour if you do us a favour, " she says.

Kate takes Jim to school by bike as a favour.

ask a favour of him

need you to do a favour for me . - of course

I've got a favour for you to do

Owes me a favour. A few years back,

Thanks brother Baidao, could you do me a favour to date it? (The most biedermeier view)

Its starting point is two psychological axioms: that individuals feel grateful to those doing them a favour;

Asking a favour from anyone was distasteful to my mother

or we give to receive a favour;