turned-to

Then, when we had obtained a sufficiency for the coming night, he set us all to work again upon the sennit, and so until dinner, after which we turned-to once more upon our plaiting.

The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' 2007

And then, after a while, I turned-to and questioned them on such points as I had neglected to ask Mistress Madison, and they discovered to me their terror and sickness of the weed-continent, its desolation and horror, and the dread which had beset them at the thought that they should all of them come to their ends without sight of their homes and countrymen.

The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' 2007

And when we had it back again upon the hilltop, Jessop moored it very securely to a great piece of rock, and, after that, having received our approbation, he turned-to with us upon the making of the sennit.

The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' 2007

Having put the volume away safely, I turned-to and gave Tonnison

The House on the Borderland 2007

Now the wheel had turned-to be conservative was suspect.

Star Born Norton, Andre 1957

Now the wheel had turned-to be conservative was suspect.

Star Born Norton, Andre 1957

As the sun came up clear, with the promise of a fair, warm day, and, as usual on Sunday, there was no work going on, all hands turned-to upon clearing out the forecastle.

Chapter XXXIII. Cracking on-Progress Homeward-A Pleasant Sunday-A Fine Sight-By-Play 1909

One afternoon, before we were turned-to, these boys got into a violent squabble in the between-decks, when George (the Boston boy) said he would fight Nat, if he could have fair play.

Chapter XXVII. The Sunday Wash-Up-On Shore-A Set-To-A Grandee-“Sail Ho!”-A Fandango 1909

After breakfast, for which half an hour is allowed, the boats are lowered down, and made fast astern, or out to the swinging booms, by ges-warps, and the crew are turned-to upon their day’s work.

Chapter XIV. Santa Barbara-Hide-Droghing-Harbor Duties-Discontent-San Pedro 1909

Some of the Pilgrim’s crew were in the forecastle, and we all turned-to and had a regular sailor’s shuffle, till eight bells.

Chapter XXIII. New Ship and Shipmates-My Watchmate 1909