Example sentences of "[be] brought to book " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT SEEMED VERY UNFAIR that poor Tristan Garel-Jones should be brought to book for referring to the French as ‘ frogs ’ . |
| 2 | At this point ( III.i. 151 ) the Duke-Friar steps forward with his composed and rational prose outlining a complex plot by which Angelo can be brought to book , and the play recovers its balance . |
| 3 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 4 | Trespassers and vandals just do not expect to be brought to book by passengers on a train . |
| 5 | Trespassers and vandals just do not expect to be brought to book by passengers on a train . |
| 6 | The Prime Minister , John Major , said last night that the rioting French fishermen should be brought to book and compensation should be paid to British firms whose fish were destroyed . |