Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] to do that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We ca n't afford to do that kind of thing , ’ said Fagin . |
| 2 | We obviously ca n't afford to do that , on that scale , but what we can do , is fund into the regional scr er , screen commission at Birmingham , to their register , where they will hold details on what 's available , er , what houses , what large houses are available , things that can be set in , what lo what er , countryside there is , what facilities there are , what firms there are locally that can provide services to for a cost . |
| 3 | ‘ We ca n't afford to do that , ’ said Gustave , scandalized . |
| 4 | The Trust ca n't afford to do that , and tonight meets to discuss the manor 's sale to Paddy McNally , a millionaire friend of the Duchess of York , who already owns property in nearby Sevenhampton . |
| 5 | I said I 've got an invoice outstanding for October , and I said I ca n't afford to do that ! |
| 6 | Ca n't afford to do that |
| 7 | But if I can move on just for a second , erm when you get over and above that , we have problems where people that are purchasing those sort of vehicles can not afford , with the best will in the world , to take them in to the main agents and have a full service , although they should do , but if you ca n't afford to do that and these are the problems that we had , so we actually changed that . |
| 8 | I can not promise to do that immediately . |
| 9 | You can not afford to do that any more . |
| 10 | Noticeable notice that our our growth er , items er six and seven additional enforcement officer er officers for countryside protection , er we can actually like to do that and I 'll just come on to that in a moment when I get to two B but also in terms of growth er this group wants to see ten er whole time fire fighters , additional whole time fire fighters erm we wo n't get better in terms of confidence though fire engine survey this year but we we 'd rather sort of form |