I sort of kind of like living that high, because if you live low down, somebody might could shoot in your house or something, but when you're up high, it probably can't happen because you're up too high for the gun to just go straight into your window.
source:
COCA
Entry:
1080
Example:
Yeah, but I- I sort of kind of like living that high, because if you live low down, somebody might could shoot in your house or something, but when you're up high, it probably can't happen because you're up too high for the gun to just go straight into your window.
Modal 1:
might
Modal 2:
could
Gender:
Female
Race/Ethnicity:
Unknown
Age:
unknown
Level of Education:
Unknown
Home Community, Town, or State:
Unknown
Location Collected:
Television
Year:
1993
Relation to Addressee:
interviewee to interviewer
Medium:
Spoken
Sentence Structure:
1.2
Status:
Naturalistic
Notes:
Source: ABC.
Full Context: ... lot, a lot, though. Mr. WILL: But is it safe to go out and play? KAREN: Yes, it's safe. Mr. WILL: In Cabrini Green, you lived in a high-rise? KAREN: Yes. You didn't have a front porch or a back yard. Any way you'd go off was dangerous. Mr. WILL: So you like having your front porch and your back yard? KAREN: Yeah, but I- I sort of kind of like living that high, because if you live low down, somebody might could shoot in your house or something, but when you're up high, it probably can't happen because you're up too high for the gun to just go straight into your window. Mr. WILL: What do you do to avoid gunfire? KAREN: I stay in the house and when they shoot when I'm laying in the bed at night, everything like- every time I used to think of it, it used to happen, and I'd just be scared. Mr. WILL: