we thought we might- could get a job.
source:
COCA
Entry:
1076
Example:
And, I thought, well, and when me and my friend had talked about it, we thought we might- could get a job.
Modal 1:
might
Modal 2:
could
Gender:
Female
Race/Ethnicity:
White
Age:
28
Level of Education:
College (Graduate, B.S. degree)
Home Community, Town, or State:
AR (Lonoke)
Location Collected:
Television
Year:
1994
Relation to Addressee:
interviewee to interviewer
Medium:
Spoken
Sentence Structure:
1.4
Status:
Naturalistic
Notes:
Source: ABC Primetime (potential disfluency)
Full Context: to meet with you up in this room number, and my response was,' well why does he want to see me?', and Mr. Ferguson said,' it's okay, we do this all the time'. SAM DONALDSON: What did you take that to mean? PAULA CORBIN JONES: I don't know. I was very excited the Governor wanted to see me. I was. Who wouldn't be? And, I thought, well, and when me and my friend had talked about it, we thought we might- could get a job. SAM DONALDSON: Looking back, wasn't that a little naive? PAULA CORBIN JONES: Well yes. That's the only reason why I would think that he would want me up there. Why- I mean, you know, the governor is asking you to come up to a room, and I did not know him or any of his past before that day. SAM DONALDSON: voice-over Jones says Trooper Ferguson escorted her up in the elevator, to the 11th floor