turn to account
Example Sentences
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He tried to turn to account such experience as he had gained with Anstey, but with no better success.
From The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Mitford, Bertram
In order to turn to account the winter season, Beechey visited San Francisco and cast anchor yet again off Honolulu in the Sandwich Islands.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.
He was, however, resolved that his boys and girls should read, because, as he well observed, "every sort of knowledge, be it much or little, was sure to turn to account, some time or other."
From Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
Do you know, I rather like her; after all, she has never tried to turn to account her connection with you, Morgan.
From Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real by Zangwill, Louis
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
