And having little time left, he couldn't afford to waste a minute.

They had a long journey ahead of them and could not afford to waste a single day.

You couldn't afford to waste anything, not with the war going the way it was.

And he could not afford to waste much more time trying to explain.

At these rates, he couldn't afford to waste any time.

But time was short, and she couldn't afford to waste it.

I do not think we can afford to waste a day or two waiting.

In any case, we cannot afford to waste the next few weeks.

We can no longer afford to waste the potential of females in society, whatever their age.

He couldn't afford to waste a second of his patient's life.