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
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
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
Sprigs of fashion by the dozen Thou dost bring to book, good cousin.
From The Poems of Schiller — Suppressed poems by Schiller, Friedrich
Judging by their meaning glances at us, they considered us their mortal and cruel enemies whom it would be an act of sublime virtue to bring to book.
From The Ivory Trail by Mundy, Talbot
