Example sentences of "afford take [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I could n't leave her there with Hubert and I could n't afford to take her with me . ’
2 I have no doubt that the majority of staff working in this difficult field do their job with compassion and professionalism , but this trial has shown that we can afford to take nothing for granted .
3 I have four sons and can not afford to take them to a first team game ( £10 each to get in ! )
4 So we thought , ‘ We 'll get the National Trust to take it , ’ and we were flabbergasted when we found out that the Trust could n't afford to take it without an endowment .
5 It did n't occur to you that we go away from here to be private , that our holidays are our own affair , that it might humiliate me to have Edwin Lorrimer know that I ca n't afford to take you to Venice , even on a ten-day package tour .
6 But Limerick are the current league champions and Jim Nelson 's men ca n't afford to take anything for granted .
7 It were reasonable , quite re , er as a matter of fact we could afford to go on ho my father could afford to take us on a holiday every year .
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