Example sentences of "afford take [pers pn] [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 four sons and can not afford to take them to a first team game ( £10 each to get in ! ) |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |