The phrase "afford himself" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to have the resources or ability to do something for oneself. Example: The wealthy businessman could afford himself a luxurious vacation every year.
So while his teammates were viewing the trip as a positive experience, Pelfrey could not afford himself that luxury.
He can afford himself a glow of pride on his channel's 15th anniversary, although differ on the reasons for this success.
Maybe that's what he wants, because even if his protagonist in Wish I Was Here is willing to quit on his career aspirations, Zach Braff doesn't seem willing to afford himself the same opportunity.
He affords himself plenty of practice, though; of 21 seafood listings, 11 feature shrimp and another includes shrimp.
He is free to say and do what he pleases, affording himself the kind of freewheeling latitude others can only fantasize about.
For all that Day's story is a fascinating one, he has now afforded himself a platform to look firmly to the future.
Asprilla reached the penalty area and turned his body beautifully, affording himself a crab-like side-step before curling the ball over a helpless Goycochea.
12 Mile Limit's relative isolation and workaday charm begets enormous creativity, as the bartender and owner T. Cole Newton (formerly of Coquette) affords himself free rein with a creative, accessible cocktail program priced well below the national standard.
With the start of the lambing season now upon us, Alastair Cook may not have found a spare moment to catch up with events at Centurion, but, if he did, the England captain may just have afforded himself a wry smile.
When he heard the result from the Nou Camp on Saturday afternoon, just before Manchester City put five past Newcastle United, Pellegrini would have afforded himself a quiet smile.
Obama never affords himself the kind of raw honesty that you hear in the writings of Baldwin and Coates — or of Jelani Cobb and Claudia Rankine and so many others.
