He falls in love with the gentle and delicate Mary, and devotes himself to earning her favor.

He thus earned Nobunaga's favor, and was granted a noble title.

He chooses only those men and women who have yet to earn a god's favor through devoted worship.

Maybe she even thought he was donating the ice cream to earn her good favor in order to buy the bull.

Hang them high and earn the gods' favor.

Their lives might not be at stake, but they'd certainly be interested in earning the Master's favor by a good performance.

If not, what had he done to earn her favor?

Michael tries once again to earn Jo's favor with some small talk, but Jo berates him for wasting time.

He would leap at the chance to preside over the ceremony if it would help him earn my favor.

Bringing them Voth transwarp technology would surely earn their favor.