1.   But after forty-eight hours of Berlin the Joyces had lost their nerve.

2.   Dan wanted to ask his boss for a day off but he lost his nerve at the last minute.

3.   Here, she rang again quickly, before she lost her nerve.

4.   I stood at the top of the ski-slope for a minute then lost my nerve.

5.   I wanted to ask him the question, but I lost my nerve.

6.   It is one of those moments in a recital that could cause a singer to lose nerve.

7.   Nor had she lost her nerve, as evidenced by her conduct one night when Marian heard a strange noise.

8.   Pro-student faculty members accused him of losing his nerve.

9.   The government lost its nerve, and in the end the Bill was just a cop-out.

10.   I was going to ask her to the dance, but I lost my nerve.