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
Ay! true enough, girl, and we will bring to book the villain who did the deed.
From Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West by Parrish, Randall
And these three distinguished members of la haute pegre, the aristocracy of roguery, had a reckoning to demand of Jacques Collin, accounts that were somewhat hard to bring to book.
From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Balzac, Honoré de
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
