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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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
She mistook it even when she tried to do a kindness to Margherita.
From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)
Miss Grant was not at all rich, but when a lady is resolved to do a kindness, she always finds out a way.
From Little Frankie at School by Leslie, Madeline
“Mother says that ’tis the only way to do a kindness.
From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Madison, Lucy Foster