You are therefore asking us both, in view of past favours, to connive at your escape.

Debt: You owe me compliance because of past favors.

But I owe the Lady recompense for past favors received.

I can't ask this on the score of any past favors, for there have been none.

If we call in the past favor and dangle something ahead, you got the vote.

I came to warn you, out of friendship, in return for past favors.

However, one day, his past catches up with him as the boss of Los Angeles family calls in for a past favor.

"He'll have to spend a few past favors to bring the waverers around, but I believe he'll pull it off."

Crassus too will throw in with me for past favours.

He has plenty of people who'd be glad to shoot you down for a small sum-or for past favors.