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

Now keep quiet, and think of something pleasant,--of some one you are going to do a kindness to.

From Edelweiss A Story by Auerbach, Berthold

So, when the doctor come out of the house, I hailed him, and asked him if he'd do a kindness to a shipwrecked mariner stranded on a lee shore.

From The Postmaster by Lincoln, Joseph C.

Owen's cottage was not on his direct road, but he did not mind going out of his way to do a kindness.

From The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty by Banks, Mrs. G. Linnaeus

It was, in fact, to do a kindness to somebody I wanted to benefit, and could not have any bearing on your object in making this inquiry.

From The Dust of Conflict by Bindloss, Harold