turn to advantage
Example Sentences
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He seemed to talk confidently, as if he reckoned that all this would turn to advantage.
From The Journal to Stella by Swift, Jonathan
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
Even this circumstance the Huguenots knew how to turn to advantage.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn
The practice of surrounding the owner's abode with shops, enabled them to turn to advantage the sides and corners of any piece of ground, however misshapen.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
Might he not yet turn to advantage this hesitancy of Crispin's to strike the final blow?
From The Tavern Knight by Sabatini, Rafael
