In 1978, Philpott tried to kill girlfriend Kim Hill when she plucked up the courage to leave him.

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Mr Hague, smiling at her side, has not yet plucked up the courage to free himself from her baleful influence.

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What the politicians have now plucked up courage to advocate would not come amiss in most other fields of German life: fewer fussy rules, more flexibility and greater competition.

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Last January, when the country's currency was in free fall after a disorderly devaluation, Brazil's Congress at last plucked up the courage to approve two overdue reforms, at the fifth time of asking by the government of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso.

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Kim pointed at weeds in the pavement and "with an irritated look, plucked them up one by one".

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Rosie the organic range chicken enjoyed the good life before ending up beheaded, plucked, swathed in plastic and artfully arranged on a bed of ice at the Whole Foods Market inGlendale, California.

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Others swayed or looked as if they might weep, but that changed quickly as Corwin picked up the tempo and plucked out a lively Red River jig.

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It was much bound up with the clean-living Rastafarianism he had plucked out of the encyclopedia, but it was also drawn from his own South African experience.

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The concert features an unorthodox line-up of instruments, including two double basses (one plucked, the other bowed), Colemans son Denardo on drums, and Coleman himself playing alto saxophone and trumpet.

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Chris Nero then plucked another Deacon kick out of the air and touched down before a flare-up on 63 minutes saw Terry Newton accuse Stanley Gene of biting him.

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