turn to account
Example Sentences
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I haven’t been living in Auburnvale all these years with my eyes shut, and I’ve got an idea or two that I’m going to turn to account.
From Vistas of New York by Matthews, Brander
Miss Greta might quite innocently have remembered and retailed enough to Mr. Ernst for him to turn to account.
From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth
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 time had come to try and turn to account any scapegrace whom one had in one's family.
From The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Tocqueville, Alexis de
Attempts have been made to turn to account the gold existing in North Wales and Cornwall.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
