turn to advantage
Example Sentences
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Nor could they turn to advantage their vast resources, and the natural wealth of the estate only served to attract outside marauders.
From German Problems and Personalities by Charles Saroléa
Might he not yet turn to advantage this hesitancy of Crispin's to strike the final blow?
From The Tavern Knight by Rafael Sabatini
If she did so, she could not always be on her guard, and something, I thought, might drop from her which I could turn to advantage.
From Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott
This discovery, that has so changed the aspect of everything in Australia, was the result of a mere accident that a thinking mind knew how to turn to advantage.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 by Various
He rarely missed a point he could turn to advantage.
From A Pirate of Parts by Richard Neville
