read the riot act in a sentence

Examples

1. After the Mexican election in August, Clinton should have read the riot act to President Carlos Salinas, then a lame duck, to put on the economic brakes.
2. Springbok captain Gary Teichmann said coach Mallett read the riot act to his squad after the loss to Wales and that was exactly what the team needed.
3. "You have to read the riot act to both sides, " said Judith Kipper, director of Mideast studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
4. As a Warminster magistrate he had read the Riot Act at Hindon during the riots of 1830 ( this was before he took possession of Ashton Gifford ).
5. In 1834 the same James Frampton who had read the Riot Act at Winfrith invoked an obscure law against oath-swearing to prosecute what became known as the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
6. One tabloid newspaper, one television cable channel and one well-known Internet sleuth were all reporting it : the First Lady had finally read the riot act to her husband.
7. Indeed, this week both Stanley Fischer, first deputy managing director of the IMF, and Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers journeyed to Indonesia to read the riot act to President Suharto.
8. "Blood pressure should be lowered if it's high, cholesterol should be lowered, smokers should be read the riot act and angioplasty or bypass should be strongly considered if indicated ."
9. President Clinton sent a special envoy, Walter Mondale, the former vice-president, to read the Riot Act to President Suharto, even warning him of a possible coup d'etat by the younger generals.
10. She works at a trendy restaurant in Hamburg, where she rhapsodizes over the perfect foie gras and reads the riot act to a customer who doesn't think her steak is rare enough.