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

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1 Besides , the next day I went down with glandular fever .
2 Men went down with two or three of the beasts ripping at them ; others fell overboard and were killed in a froth of churning water .
3 For his part in the crime he was sentenced to ten years and went down with thirteen other accomplices for a total of fifty five years and £675,000 in fines .
4 This not merely scattered them but wreaked havoc on the transports which had got out of harbour ; 12 were sunk of which seven went down with all on board .
5 There was sadness at the absence of Steffi Graf , who had to return home without playing because , within days of recovering from the flu that had disrupted her appearance at the Hopman Cup , she went down with German measles .
6 month of December was sort of off and trying to do odd things and then she went down with this , this flu er which was progressively worse since the new year .
7 Next day we found a good army doctor who examined Rachel and said with care she would soon be well , the M & B had done its work , and then to add to our trouble you all went down with scarlet fever — caught on the boat I expect .
8 To make our cup full the children and I went down with Asian flu which was prevalent at the time .
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