Some people should- ought to be very careful about what they wish for.
source:
COCA
Entry:
1036
Example:
Some people should- ought to be very careful about what they wish for. It might come true.
Modal 1:
should
Modal 2:
ought to
Gender:
Male
Race/Ethnicity:
White
Age:
50s
Level of Education:
College (Graduate, B.S. degree)
Home Community, Town, or State:
MA (Boston)
Location Collected:
Television
Year:
1996
Relation to Addressee:
interviewee to interviewer
Medium:
Spoken
Sentence Structure:
1.0
Status:
Naturalistic
Notes:
Source: CNN Crossfire. (this token may be a disfluency)
Full Context: he would have on the outcome of an election. It's not- there's no accuracy to them whatsoever, but, over and over again, as Geoff's poll has shown, that Ross- if Ross Perot were in the race and the election were today, he'd be pulling equally from both candidates. CNN's poll last Friday- ROBERT NOVAK: Yeah, but you just- Russell Verney, you just heard Geoff Garin say that, as a Democrat, he'd like you to run. I mean, that's- he's- RUSSELL VERNEY: Some people should- ought to be very careful about what they wish for. It might come true. ROBERT NOVAK: I have a question I've wanted to ask for a long time, and I'm going to ask you now. Who in the world is George Washington II? I know- I don't really understand that. BILL PRESS: Thank you. Thank you. RUSSELL VERNEY: We're looking for him. ROBERT NOVAK: Well, isn't that phony? I mean, it is- when you come