| 1H4 IV.i.132 | [Hotspur to all] My father and Glendower being both away, / The powers of us may serve so great a day |
| 2H6 II.i.103 | [Gloucester to all, of Simpcox's story] it shall not serve |
| Cor II.iii.14 | [First Citizen to Third Citizen] to make us no better thought of a little help will serve [i.e. it won't take much to make them think badly of us] |
| LLL I.ii.108 | [Mote to Armado, of a ballad] it would neither serve for the writing nor the tune |
| MW IV.ii.72 | [Mistress Page to Mistress Ford, of a disguise for Falstaff] it will serve him |
| Tim I.i.262 | [First Lord to Apemantus, of a time to be honest] That time serves still |
| Tim III.iv.58 | [Lucius' Servant to Flavius] this answer will not serve |