big, great, huge
little, small
special
personal
As a personal favour to me, please don't release my story to the press.

last
She had one last favour to ask her brother.

political, sexual

ask
I came here to ask you a big favour.

expect
I don't expect any favours from my friends on the tennis court.

bestow, do, grant sb
Rodrigo accepted the favours bestowed on him by the new king.
Do yourself a favour and cut your credit cards in half.

owe sb
I'll ask Jane. She owes me a favour.

repay, return
Thanks very much. I'll return the favour one day.

seek
need
He needed another favour from her.

get, obtain
accept, receive

good, great, high, particular
Traditionally, vigilante groups have found greater favour on the political right.
He stood in high favour at the court of Lewis the Pious.

divine, government, political, royal
In the Christian tradition, the world exists only as an act of divine favour.

public
This did not meet with public favour.

be in, enjoy, have
The bishop was said to have enjoyed the king's favour.

find, gain, win
Her political views have not found favour in recent years.

court, curry, seek
Why are we trying to court the favour of critics?
He tried to curry favour with the teachers.
Artists sought the favour of wealthy patrons.

show
As an examiner, she showed no favour to any candidate.

be out of
fall from, fall out of, lose
The senior officials were punished and rapidly fell from favour.
This idea has long since fallen out of favour.

be back in, bring sth back into, come back into
A style of art can go out of fashion and then come back into favour fifty years later.

argue in, speak in
She argued in favour of this policy.

speak out in
No one was willing to speak out in favour of their colleague.

come down in, come out in, decide in, find in, resolve in, rule in, vote in
The committee came down in favour of setting up a national body.
The court found in favour of the plaintiffs.

work in
Environmental conservation generally works in favour of maintaining the status quo.

go in
The golf tournament went in the Americans' favour (= they won).

in favour of
He is strongly in favour of capital punishment.
Early in his musical career he abandoned blues in favour of jazz.

in sb's/sth's favour
This piece of software has two points in its favour: it's fast and inexpensive.

favour among
This argument found favour among advocates of multiculturalism.

favour with
She is too popular with the public to find much favour with the critics.

an argument in sb/sth's favour
an argument in favour of censorship

a bias in sb/sth's favour
look with favour on sb/sth, look with favour upon sb/sth
Depth of training is looked upon with favour by many employers.

without fear or favour (= in a fair way)