turn to account
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
They always seem to be able to go on being excited, and everything that happens to them they seem able to turn to account.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
