All you get from begging on bended knee is sore knees.

Source: https://www.thenational.scot/politics/23565999.ruth-wishart-begging-indyref2-gets-us-nowhere---take-stock/?ref=rss

And the incredibly obliging duo – Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe – keep doing just that, returning on bended knee with even greater offerings to try and satiate the incredible Glazer greed.

Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/want-more-want-more-james-calvert.1032548

I understand the cost implications in name changes, especially in a country that is on bended knee.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/opinion/what-is-in-a-name-change/