Example sentences of "[was/were] only joking " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | But we were only joking ! ’ |
| 2 | We were only joking . |
| 3 | ‘ I was only joking . |
| 4 | I was only joking . ’ |
| 5 | They danced round the table , dodging this way and that : ‘ Calm down , Joicey , I was only joking . ’ |
| 6 | At the time , she was only joking . |
| 7 | Sarcasm and ridicule are humorous forms of criticism — the perpetrator has the get-out clause : ‘ I was only joking . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I was only joking , ’ she said with a grin . |
| 9 | The Curator laughed again and then looked serious– ‘ I was only joking , you know , Mr Wolski . |
| 10 | ‘ I was only joking , ’ Adam murmured , feeling again for her breasts . |
| 11 | C. I was only joking . |
| 12 | I was only joking . |
| 13 | She found a stained beer-mat and put down the mug , which bore the legend , ‘ When God made man , she was only joking ’ in spiky black letters . |
| 14 | ‘ I was only joking about yours . |
| 15 | Bill Shankly was only joking when he said football was more important than life and death . |
| 16 | No I was only joking . |
| 17 | That 's why I said I was only joking . |
| 18 | ‘ I was only joking when I — ’ |
| 19 | I was only joking ! |
| 20 | About the flight round er New York , I was only joking . |
| 21 | I was only joking . |