Example sentences of "went down on [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Brearley won the toss and put West Indies in , and the England bowlers did well ; the fourth wicket went down on 99 and they were clearly on top .
2 The beautiful thing in that room was Maud Bailey herself , who went down on one knee very gracefully to plug in a kettle , and produced from a cupboard two blue and white Japanese mugs .
3 Luke went down on one knee .
4 Joe placed the bowl of water on the linoleum floor , took the discarded flannel from the bedside table and went down on one knee to apply treatment .
5 Karr went down on one knee .
6 ‘ Chieh Hsia … ’ the Marshal began , then went down on one knee , bowing his head low .
7 Holmes went down on one knee , and put his ear to the ground .
8 He went down on one knee beside the older woman .
9 Benjamin went down on one knee , tugging at my sleeve for me to follow suit .
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