Example sentences of "[pron] could [not/n't] afford " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't afford the fares into town as well as a reasonable seat for sitting in . |
| 2 | I could n't afford anywhere to hide — what was happening to me ? |
| 3 | I could n't afford the time . |
| 4 | It 's easy to forget that it 's over eight years since Pepsi and Shirlie first sang with Wham ! and Shirlie still laughs at the memories : ‘ When we started out I had one dress and I wore it to every photo session — I could n't afford any more ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I could n't afford the time , even if I had the money , ’ says Robyn . |
| 6 | I could n't afford my house in London any more , so I decided to try to buy a house in the country . |
| 7 | I could n't afford drink , so I resorted to Karen instead . |
| 8 | More importantly , I could n't afford to . |
| 9 | I could n't afford to risk being left on the shelf once Karen had had her way with me . |
| 10 | But I told you before — I could n't afford to pay you what you 're worth . |
| 11 | I had lost a stone in weight , which being thin in the first place I could n't afford , and looked haggard and drawn . |
| 12 | I have to face the fact that , now we have a mortgage and want to start a family , I 'll never enjoy the year off travelling that I could n't afford before university . |
| 13 | Eventually , dope got too expensive and I could n't afford to get high any more . |
| 14 | At first I drank beer because I could n't afford to drink anything else , but then it became Martinis . |
| 15 | ‘ I could n't afford to wait — not with the story of the London kidnap splashed all over the early editions of Figaro . |
| 16 | I could n't leave her there with Hubert and I could n't afford to take her with me . ’ |
| 17 | I 'd been working in a factory , but I had to give that up because I could n't afford a nursery . |
| 18 | I could n't afford to go anywhere , I cant walk far , so I had to buy stuff locally where it was dearer because the bus fare was 64p . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I remember going to a holo-bar that I could n't afford very often . |
| 20 | In the end I had to let Benjy go because I could n't afford the dog food . |
| 21 | I could n't afford to get in bother with the police , so I did n't see her . |
| 22 | What 's worse , although one might start with some hunches in a mammalian brain , the anatomy of the chick brain is very different from that of mammals , and even now not well mapped , so I could n't afford inspired guesses derived from mammalian expectations — chickens hardly have anything worth calling a hippocampus , for example . |
| 23 | But because of the recession , my husband and I could n't afford to pay our mortgage , so I had to go back to work and I do n't enjoy it at all . |
| 24 | I could n't afford a housekeeper . |
| 25 | so ill because I could n't afford it |
| 26 | I pay her £1.50 an hour — I could n't afford anyone who charged more than that , to be honest . ’ |
| 27 | In a carefully measured tone she pointed out to him , ‘ I could n't afford to live in London . |
| 28 | ‘ I could n't afford to replace it , ’ he said , ‘ so I put up my own , with bamboo . |
| 29 | ‘ But , ’ Robbie had protested when Caro made the offer , ‘ I could n't afford — ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Thanks , ’ Robbie shook her head , ‘ but I could n't afford to pay for it . |