Example sentences of "could [not/n't] afford it " in BNC.
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| 1 | You should really seek professional help ; yet I suppose you could not afford it . |
| 2 | I was a member of NALGO from 1979 until the GLC was abolished , when I ceased to be a member for a number of reasons : 1 could not afford it , and because the company for whom I worked was not a Local Authority . |
| 3 | The centre even paid for the first operation — they cost around Pounds 7,000 a time — because her teacher 's salary meant she could not afford it herself . |
| 4 | ‘ I found I could not afford it so I pulled out , ’ he said . |
| 5 | The Thatcher Government initially decided to abolish SERPS on the basis that the country could not afford it , a view contested by the Government Actuary 's report on the proposed changes ( Report by the Government Actuary on the Financial Effects of the Bill on the National Insurance Fund , Cmnd. 9711 , HMSO , 1986 ) . |
| 6 | ( A coppa was my favourite treat but unfortunately I could not afford it very often . ) |
| 7 | Although southern Italians ate meat when they could afford it , gratefully , and quantities of beans when they could not afford it , it still gives me pleasure , at least , that the philosopher who established the doctrine of migrant souls taught in my mother 's homeland , where corks and bottletops might renew their lives as children 's toys , magazine pictures provide wallpaper , and tins turn into percussion instruments . |
| 8 | Indeed , we could not afford it if it were published . |
| 9 | Many times in this council when we 've been discussing more important points , when we 've been discussing the needs of people who have real needs , we have not been able to have our priority we have not been able to have our priority because we could not afford it . |
| 10 | Mr Smeddon , 35 , a driver , said he would continue not to pay the tax because it was unfair and he could not afford it . |
| 11 | He payed for the education of children from the families who could n't afford it , and the ablest of the children he sent to university . |
| 12 | She could n't afford it , and Bernie offered to pay his share . |
| 13 | My whole aim was to get a bass like Jet Harris , a pink Fender , but we could n't afford it , so I did a couple of paper rounds and a milk round , my Dad chipped in and we got one on HP . |
| 14 | I was hoping to buy her a ring for Christmas but we just could n't afford it . ’ |
| 15 | He would have fitted up this room , only he could n't afford it . |
| 16 | His wife would have liked to go to Cornwall sometimes or even to Majorca but Lewis said it was out of the question , they could n't afford it . |
| 17 | ‘ The new asking price was way above our heads and we just could n't afford it any more . ’ |
| 18 | Buying the best was more difficult — I just could n't afford it . |
| 19 | Started off giving er sort of talks at er no charge at all to who could n't afford it and have now expanded into giving talks on a commercial basis to various companies . |
| 20 | But the time came when he reached the age when the farmer had to pay sixpence a week for his insurance stamp , and he was sent back home because the man said he could n't afford it . |
| 21 | Some of them could n't afford it . |
| 22 | Could n't afford it . |
| 23 | She could n't afford it , but no matter ; she would make do with her appallingly riddled stockings for another month . |
| 24 | so ill because I could n't afford it |
| 25 | And er it actually went back to my grandfather 's day when he always wanted to get one of these machines and er he could n't afford it . |
| 26 | It would have to be a taxi back to the hotel — she could n't afford it , but she knew that the London Tube system would be unbearable , with the rush-hour well into its stride . |
| 27 | ‘ There was the time I turned up at the Arts Lab ( first and last time ) to see the Dylan film and could n't afford it . |
| 28 | My grandparents said they could n't afford it . |
| 29 | One thing was sure : she could n't afford it , because she had n't even imagined anything so grand . |
| 30 | He said he could n't afford it . |