Example sentences of "can n't afford [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A very young man has shot himself and ‘ we ’ ride off in an inquisitive Gadarene ‘ cavalcade ’ ( ‘ our ladies had never seen a suicide ’ ) to view the corpse ; ‘ everything 's so boring ’ — recall Marya Lebyadkin 's words — ‘ one ca n't afford to be squeamish about one 's amusements so long as they are fun ’ ; and Lyamshin , the man who gets himself asked to parties to mimic women in labour , new-born babies , and peasants in the confessional , steals a bunch of grapes from the room of death . |
| 2 | Unless you have regular lessons , which many owners do n't , either because they ca n't afford to or because they ca n't be bothered , it is unlikely that horse ownership will actually improve your riding . |
| 3 | We ca n't afford to be annihilated . |
| 4 | We ca n't afford to be made fools of . ’ |
| 5 | I suppose , as the man said , with at least a quarter of a million at stake they ca n't afford to , but all the same , it was n't very pleasant . |
| 6 | ‘ We ca n't afford to , ’ said Tina . |
| 7 | Never mind the title , you ca n't afford to be reckless in this brain-bending game . |
| 8 | A favourite of many and an all-time classic you ca n't afford to be without . |
| 9 | ‘ I scored 20 goals in each of the last three seasons , but teams like Wimbledon ca n't afford to just go out and replace their top scorer at the drop of a hat . |
| 10 | We ca n't afford to be caught making what they would take as an act of aggression . ’ |
| 11 | After all , I am paying his salary , and we ca n't afford to be without him for six months . |
| 12 | Here in North Africa , as I 've told you before , it 's the richer classes who shut up their women — the poor ca n't afford to . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've got to be patient with players in the side but I ca n't afford to be patient for too long . ’ |
| 14 | He said : ‘ I ca n't afford to be emotional about it all and stay on a high . |
| 15 | Serious chipmakers ca n't afford to be out of the market , and Hitachi Ltd has announced that it has developed a new type of AND gate for Flash memory , which achieves the world 's smallest cell surface memory of just 1.28 square microns . |
| 16 | Mrs. Channing will be in no frame of mind for chatter with any of the people she knows , and ca n't afford to be questioned about her state of mind . |
| 17 | There 's one young I work with who ca n't afford to be a member of Clydebank football , Ladies , Women 's Football Club , she 's seventeen , she 's on bridging allowance , she has n't got the money to pay the , the six pound a week it would cost her ! |
| 18 | Do any of you not drive because you ca n't afford to or , or because , yes |
| 19 | In the morning some get up and light the fire straight away , I ca n't afford to . |
| 20 | I ca n't afford to . |
| 21 | We do n't pay top rates , ca n't afford to . ’ |
| 22 | I ca n't afford to . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ A man in my position , he ca n't afford to be anything else , he 's got to consider his image . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I ca n't afford to be . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't afford to be off work for a couple of weeks ! |
| 26 | I ca n't afford to . ’ |
| 27 | You hit places like that : small schools , charities , private houses and private institutions that ca n't afford to either repair the damage or introduce security precautions . ’ |
| 28 | He ca n't afford to . |
| 29 | I ca n't afford to work and I ca n't afford to see my children . |
| 30 | And you ca n't afford to be too closed to the outside world . |