Example sentences of "[pers pn] ca [adv] afford a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I ca n't afford a docking station and the notebook wo n't accept an external keyboard , I 'm left with the A4-sized platform as my only writing tool . |
| 2 | We both need a break but I ca n't afford a holiday and you would n't believe the hassle of organizing for her to go into a home for a fortnight . |
| 3 | I ca n't afford a nanny . |
| 4 | Self-preservation , replies Kate the British Committee librarian feebly , I ca n't afford a breakdown , this is me for the moment , there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 5 | If you ca n't afford a copy of Norton Utilities , try using the similar ( though less sophisticated ) utility called Tree which comes with all versions of DOS . |
| 6 | So you ca n't afford a health farm . |
| 7 | And if you ca n't afford a kite , you can always make your own , although it does n't necessarily guarantee a successful flight . |
| 8 | Mum said how about renting one in Wisbech but I said well if she ca n't afford a mortgage you ca n't afford to rent one . |
| 9 | Thus it is sufficient to know the general location of the participants in order to interpret : ( 25 ) This city is really beautiful and to know the set of potential addressees in the situation in order to interpret : ( 26 ) You can all come with me if you like and to know when the interaction is taking place in order to know which calendar year is being referred to in ( 27 ) We ca n't afford a holiday this year We could formulate the distinction thus : gestural usages require a moment by moment physical monitoring of the speech event for their interpretation , while symbolic usages make reference only to contextual coordinates available to participants antecedent to the utterance . |
| 10 | ‘ We ca n't afford a system which would allow estate agents to do valuations without even getting out of their cars . ’ |
| 11 | Colleagues every other item on our agenda this week is yet another good reason why we ca n't afford a crisis in the labour movement . |
| 12 | I 've told you , we ca n't afford a penny more than the asking price . ’ |
| 13 | We ca n't afford a meal . |
| 14 | . Which basically means yeah they ca n't afford a tablecloth or whatever . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 16 | If he ca n't afford a Solicitor and he feels he ought to be represented by a Solicitor , he may apply for Legal Aid , and of course it 's public money concerned so I suppose in an ideal society everybody would be legally assisted who wanted to be , but obviously we ca n't afford that as a country , so that erm generally erm his application would be judged according to certain criteria erm which would suggest perhaps he needed to be represented . |
| 17 | ‘ He ca n't afford a lawyer . |