you might could say that we don't rightly know what he's done to poor Queen Artemisia.
source:
COCA
Entry:
1084
Example:
Berisarius suggested, " you might could say that we don't rightly know what he's done to poor Queen Artemisia. Could be he did torture her a little. "
Modal 1:
might
Modal 2:
could
Gender:
Male
Race/Ethnicity:
Unknown
Age:
unknown
Level of Education:
Unknown
Home Community, Town, or State:
Unknown
Location Collected:
Fictional Novel
Year:
1993
Relation to Addressee:
man to man
Medium:
Written
Sentence Structure:
1.4
Status:
Naturalistic
Notes:
Source: Watt-Evans, Lawrence and Esther M. Friesner 1993. 'Split Heirs' New York: TOR. (Evans-Watt is from MA, Friesner (author is from New York, NY)
Full Context: point to it, like. " " Took' is head off with a sword, is all, " Fernand declared. " There weren't any bloody wolverines involved. " " Tortured for six months and laughed at' em, " Taddeus retorted. "' Cept during the part with the wolverines. " " Whacked his head off and made himself king, then bedded the old king's daughter, is what Gudge did, " Fernand insisted. " He didn't torture them any. " " Well, " Berisarius suggested, " you might could say that we don't rightly know what he's done to poor Queen Artemisia. Could be he did torture her a little. " " That'd be natural enough, " Arminter agreed, " a man torturing his own wife. " " I' spect it happens all the time, " Taddeus agreed, " among them what can afford that sort of thing and not have to worry about whether the house is goin' to be cleaned and the supper cooked. " " Ha,