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 Trollope, Anthony
The physico-chemical forces we can bring to book; we know their orbits, their attractions and repulsions, and just what they will and will not do; we can forecast their movements and foresee their effects.
From The Breath of Life by Burroughs, John
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 Boothby, Guy
The English Government has scarcely yet entirely obtained the control over this region, which is ruled by rajahs, who are very difficult to bring to book from their almost inaccessible mountain fastnesses.
From Round the World in Eighty Days by Verne, Jules
