He would be deputy to Marice's uncle until the sheriff died or retired, and then it might could be he would win his own election to sheriff.

source: 
COCA
Entry: 
1066
Example: 
He would be deputy to Marice's uncle until the sheriff died or retired, and then it might could be he would win his own election to sheriff.
Modal 1: 
might
Modal 2: 
could
Gender: 
Unknown
Race/Ethnicity: 
Unknown
Age: 
unknown
Level of Education: 
Unknown
Home Community, Town, or State: 
Unknown
Location Collected: 
Fictional Story
Year: 
1998
Relation to Addressee: 
narrator
Medium: 
Written
Sentence Structure: 
1.1
Status: 
Naturalistic
Notes: 
Source: Weaver, Gordon. 1998. 'If a Man Truly in His Heart' in Literary Review 42:1 (author is from Moline,IL) Full Context: for in less than four years. It was a good one, anchored down safe against anything but a tornado. On the highest shelf in the closet was where he kept his.32 pistol when he was off duty, where his sons could not reach it. When the trailer home was paid up he would sell it and the lot he owned where it sat. He would have the downpayment for a ranch style house where all the refinery men lived. He would be deputy to Marice's uncle until the sheriff died or retired, and then it might could be he would win his own election to sheriff. He was a good soldier, an outstanding MP in the army. He had been too small to play football, but he could handle bigger men who got drunk in roadhouses and came home to beat on their family. # He thought, I have done pretty good in my life, and if I keep on I might could be a true success. He tried thinking on ahead how it might be in years to come, but there