turn to account

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I shall be very glad if there is anything in what I said that Arthur Lyttelton can turn to account, after careful verification.

From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

The love of life prevailed, and in the hope of gaining time which he might turn to account in effecting his escape, he promised to make revelations of consequence to the state.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various

But they inspired nothing that I could turn to account in my lady's album; nothing that could serve to introduce the compliment always expected in the last stanza.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza

Indeed, I scarce knew how shadowy and vague it was till I wrote it down here, and yet there is that within it which a really strong hand might turn to account.

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Downey, Edmund

A less spiritual workman might have allowed the thing to pass, under the idea that it might turn to account and help forward the work.

From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by Mackintosh, C. (Charles) H. (Henry)