To her, in her own great troubles, the absence from London would be as serviceable as it could be to Lady Glencora. "Can You Forgive Her?" by Anthony Trollope

Few, indeed, were there of any class who did not prove to have some physical or mental quality by which they might with pleasure to themselves be serviceable to their kind. "Equality" by Edward Bellamy

One can put a great deal on health- mine is quite serviceable in the way of excuses. "Marcella" by Mrs. Humphry Ward