Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [not/n't] afford the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually , I could throw at the moment but I could n't afford the shoulder seizing up the next day and suddenly finding I 'm out for three months . |
| 2 | In the end I had to let Benjy go because I could n't afford the dog food . |
| 3 | I could n't afford the time . |
| 4 | ‘ I could n't afford the time , even if I had the money , ’ says Robyn . |
| 5 | ‘ Anyhow , ’ he added with endearing honesty , ‘ I could n't afford the rent on my own . ’ |
| 6 | I would not afford the remedy of judicial review in all those cases — far from it . |
| 7 | I ca n't afford the kind of houses which go on sale around here . |
| 8 | see I ca n't afford the train for every bloody day |
| 9 | I can not afford the time to try everything and often refuse review loans , both of hardware and software . |
| 10 | If we stayed she could n't afford the insurace . |
| 11 | You could n't afford the waste . |
| 12 | If you could n't afford the luxury of foreign travel , then a lantern slide show or the extremely popular stereoscope could bring the world right into your parlour . |
| 13 | If you could n't afford the luxury of foreign travel , then a lantern slide show or the extremely popular stereoscope could bring the world right into your parlour . |
| 14 | So Saturday evening was back to the papers and then back home , usually about seven , mostly walking because you could n't afford the penny for the tram , no ha'penny fares , just a penny , w . |
| 15 | You ca n't afford the service industries unless you 've got a good manufacturing base . |
| 16 | Anyway , if you ca n't afford the whisky and you have n't got any beer left , grab a glass of water . |
| 17 | Mother speaking of a great gown : ‘ If you ca n't afford it , steal it ; if you ca n't steal it , copy it ; if you ca n't copy it , buy a postcard of it and dream about it ; if you ca n't afford the postcard then get your fucking act together . ’ |
| 18 | Pilar Wayne now says she ca n't afford the upkeep on ‘ La Roca ’ in exclusive Newport Beach , California , and has put it on the market for £2 million . |
| 19 | If you have to have a special diet for health reasons , and find you can not afford the price , make sure you are claiming the supplementary benefits to which you are entitled . |
| 20 | If you can not afford the furniture or floorcovering you want , further trips to shops or markets , or looking at suppliers ' catalogues , should give you more inspiration . |
| 21 | On such occasions you can not afford the time , no matter how little , to set up a clip-on bobbin . |
| 22 | If you can not afford the coffee table then you can not afford the book . |
| 23 | If you can not afford the coffee table then you can not afford the book . |
| 24 | An if we could n't afford the price of admission , we found other distractions . |
| 25 | Seattle was 3,500 miles away , and we could n't afford the air fare . |
| 26 | We could n't afford the mortgage . |
| 27 | ‘ We should be in Seville , but we can not afford the air fare , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ We can not afford the dowry , ’ says her mother . |
| 29 | ‘ We maintain that we can not afford the rent being asked for by Mr Butters as it would amount to a 60 per cent increase on what we have been paying and we refuse to put the club in that sort of liability . |
| 30 | Even that auguste paper , the T and A , in the editorial , recently stated , we can not afford the extravagance of going along just to see the party , just to be at the party . |