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Examples

  • Oughtn't organic rice and beans be enough for survival?

    A War on Good Taste Eric Felten 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • Oughtn't we to be charging a royalty for each peep, if Earth's main attraction was its art?

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2005

  • 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

  • Oughtn't you be doing better in New Hampshire, the neighboring state?

    CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2002 2002

  • "Oughtn't we to summon the Owners…?" suggests Mr. Dixon.

    Entropology Menand, Louis 1997

  • 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

  • "Oughtn't we to put that back in Miss Harmer's pocket?"

    The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat Blyton, Enid 1957

  • He said, "Oughtn't one of those mugs to be on sentry?"

    The Quiet American Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 1955

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