Example sentences of "not afford a new [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | As I can not afford a new diesel engine I am considering an old slogger Perkins 4,236 . |
2 | Can I just quite clearly put on record , and it 's a unanimous decision of the board , we wrote to Edinburgh District a few weeks ago , we 've told them that we will use our best endeavours David , to prosecute the application at Hammerston If we get planning consent and we decide that we ca n't afford a new stadium in total , because of the economic situation , we are aggressively re-looking at the redevelopment of Tynecastle . |
3 | In the 1950s he felt we could n't afford a new car , so be bought a prewar London taxi , and he and I built a Nissen hut as a garage . |
4 | I ca n't afford a new copy of CorelDraw . |
5 | ‘ You ca n't afford a new typewriter and you think you 're going to save the world . ’ |