bring to book
Example Sentences
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"I'm calling on the football authorities to investigate both matches and bring to book anyone found wanting. And if nobody is found guilty of any crime then so be it."
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2022
A baronet of course would not like to be brought to book, as she could bring to book such a one as John Crumb.
From The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
More than once I had the good fortune to be able to bring to book men who had carried on their trade for years, and who had been entirely unsuspected.
From My Strangest Case by Guy Boothby
Remembering that I had been told on the previous day that the cook was short of fresh meat, I resolved to see how many I could bring to book.
From The Beautiful White Devil by Guy Newell Boothby
This check caused the enemy's line to retire, and Sir Colin himself rode up to the Fifty-Third to bring to book the officer commanding them for prematurely commencing the action.
From Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude by William Forbes-Mitchell
