do a kindness
Example Sentences
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“You did not expect a guard to do a kindness for you—that almost never happened,” recalled Jack.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
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A man can never be too great to do a kindness to the humblest individual in the world.
From Anecdotes for Boys by Newcomb, Harvey
And away the man went, eager, as most British sailors are, to do a kindness to a fellow-sailor in distress.
From Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure by Piffard, Harold
When it comes to patronage, we’re all patronized: you do a kindness for a friend, without remuneration, and he accepts it; that’s patronage.
From The Dominant Dollar by Ralph, Lester
Never was he too busy to do a kindness to him or his.
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I by Barrington, Mrs. Russell