A white hand plucked up the paper from the table.

I never plucked up the nerve to ask anyone else.

Until I plucked up the courage to go out by myself.

At every instant I expected to be plucked up into the air.

I plucked up the courage to go and see him in the hospital.

Finally I plucked up my courage and went out to see what had happened.

He plucked up the courage to speak to his mother.

They got on well and within a few months she plucked up the courage to leave her family home.

This is when I plucked up enough courage to go back in.

Eventually I plucked up all my courage and told him.

And indeed she did appear to have plucked up her spirits.

Then for the first time did I pluck up a little courage.

I am still trying to pluck up the courage to ask for help.

She plucked up a scrap of paper and held it out to him.

Eventually he plucked up the courage to ask me out and we got together.

But can he pluck up the courage to tell his other mother the news?

But why not pluck up the courage to do what you've always wanted?

Only he went round looking for you and she plucked up courage to tell him.

It was another two months before I plucked up the courage to actually speak to him.

Nearly every man can now be helped, but men have to pluck up the courage to ask.

But eventually, he plucked up courage to see a solicitor.

And why was it so hard to pluck up the courage?

It has only taken me two months to pluck up the courage.

It would have taken him a week to pluck up the nerve.