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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It never bothered him to stop long enough to do a kindness.
From The Child's Book of American Biography by Stimpson, Mary Stoyell
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
"Is there anybody to whom you would like to do a kindness?"
From Trading by Warner, Susan
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