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Examples
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Oughtn't organic rice and beans be enough for survival?
A War on Good Taste Eric Felten 2010
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Oughtn't he have told Beta something like "F#ck you, I ain't holding your cigar ... put it on the windowsill ..."
"You're a Fucking Ape" Slimbolala 2006
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Oughtn't they to be worshiping God, or at the very least looking at the screens for the lyrics?
On Icons and Idols Happy 2008
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Oughtn't we to be charging a royalty for each peep, if Earth's main attraction was its art?
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Oughtn't I simply to stroll off in a discreet kind of way and let the luckless cyborg pilot deal with his terrified mortal passengers?
The Life of the World to Come Baker, Kage 2004
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Oughtn't you be doing better in New Hampshire, the neighboring state?
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"Oughtn't we to summon the Owners ?" suggests Mr. Dixon.
Entropology Menand, Louis 1997
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Oughtn't he to be doing something ... get on to the operations room at Stanmore, they must have it on the Channel radars-no: no time, really.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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"Oughtn't we to put that back in Miss Harmer's pocket?"
The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat Blyton, Enid 1957
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He said, "Oughtn't one of those mugs to be on sentry?"
The Quiet American Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 1955
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