Example sentences of "they [vb mod] n't afford [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | they could n't afford the mortgage , erm the erm the lease |
| 2 | Staff said they could n't afford the time to supervise him constantly.But although it may have been convenient to social workers to restrain a stroke victim in a trolley , Peter Chandler has one word to describe the experience : |
| 3 | They could n't afford the luxury of open-market values . |
| 4 | . Which basically means yeah they ca n't afford a tablecloth or whatever . |
| 5 | A £350 Rottweiler pup sold to a family who already have to rely on the People 's Dispensary for Sick Animals for treatment on the Great Dane some other twit sold them , because they ca n't afford the vet 's fees ? |
| 6 | What is , what is happening at the moment is although they ca n't afford the money for the full , for the full treatment they are making an allocation of money to improve matters round , round that area , which will be er , cos I , I told them that some of the pensioners were , w walking round by the bankment , it 's pouring of rain , which is perfectly true and that er the engineer should go round and see for himself and plus the fact how many of these people ever travel by bus , or do they always go by car , no , and also I brought up about bus shelters and all those sort of things , but any way , there will be some improvements for the bus station in the future . |
| 7 | Now when did the I suppose the credit card they brought but as to what you say I mean the , these , these repossessions it 's not the fact they ca n't afford the mortgage . |
| 8 | ‘ Have you ever seen a woman yoked to her husband pulling a plough because they ca n't afford an ox or a horse , while their baby lies under some hedgerow , wrapped in rags , sucking a crust and whining because it is too weak with hunger to cry ? ’ |