Example sentences of "[vb past] up courage " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , John summoned up courage to ask permission to use different music : Ravel 's two-handed piano concerto in G. Presumably he was happier working with that , but few people found it an apt choice for the subject of the ballet , about a witch who destroys her lover . |
| 2 | In February 1926 , Lewis plucked up courage and showed the poem to his colleague in the English Faculty , Nevill Coghill . |
| 3 | In that year , 1955 , when McCarthy was of no more consequence , twenty-two witnesses plucked up courage not to testify , including the folk singer , Pete Seeger , who got a year in jail for his stand . |
| 4 | But eventually , he plucked up courage to see a solicitor . |
| 5 | The men stared silently at each other , then one plucked up courage and said , ‘ There 's something not quite right down there , ’ pointing to the line of fish vans . |
| 6 | Fascinated , I finally waylaid Dr Allott in the street one day , just after he 'd paid us a visit , and I plucked up courage to ask him what these strange words meant . |
| 7 | Eventually I plucked up courage and booked a ticket to Amsterdam with the sole purpose of getting laid . |
| 8 | After a few days , burning with a sense of injustice , Dexter plucked up courage and asked Blanche about her double standards — what right had she to make him listen to her type of music , when he could not force her to listen to his ? |
| 9 | He it was , that Monday , who plucked up courage to approach her , huffing and puffing around her with the slightly intimidating bonhomie of a young St Bernard . |
| 10 | She still looked pale so I plucked up courage to speak . |
| 11 | For once the Lovejoy actor 's old-fashioned charm deserted him as he plucked up courage to pass on some advice on her marriage lines . |
| 12 | I began to despair in the local press I noticed an advert for an evening class , cookery for men being the young one in the family I plucked up courage and enrolled but it was great , with great apprehension that I went to the first class . |