He might take your bicycle, not because he liked riding but because he could; he might take your cigarettes; the only reason he wouldn't take your clothes was because he was so big.
He could, you might think, only ever have been a butcher.
Even if Reagan had said something innocuous or volunteered he was doing everything he could, there might not have been a story.
So even after all those 12-hour days spent stitching sutures in the field, the biggest service he could provide might have come when the work was over: sending text messages to his network of prominent friends, seeking help.
For if he could, he might, during his own life, eat up the usufruct of the lands for several generations to come, and then the lands would belong to the dead, and not to the living, which would be the reverse of our principle.
It remains to be seen whether he erred in not adjusting his pitch on a night when he could have might have done more to sound like something more than a rabble-rouser.
If he could act, then might not the Duchess of Bedford also be acting?
And if he can sign those free agents, he could think it might require a different type of coach".
But as Woods paused to answer the question, it was as if he was considering all the ways he could respond, or might respond.
Despite the circumstances, he asked Forte if he could sing and might be interested in a singing career – and was told no on both counts.
