Example sentences of "you [vb mod] [be] joke " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unsavoury , yes ; delights … you must be joking , to quote a famous British phrase . |
| 2 | ‘ You must be joking . |
| 3 | You must be joking ! |
| 4 | ‘ You must be joking ! — What hospital 's she at , anyway ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You must be joking ! |
| 6 | ‘ You must be joking . |
| 7 | ‘ You must be joking , Bruce ! ’ he exclaimed . |
| 8 | You must be joking . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You must be joking , ’ she said , and began to tell me something of her experience as a black girl in a predominantly white city : of the boutique manageress who said to her assistant , ‘ Watch that black girl — they pinch things . ’ |
| 10 | A girl among them said , ‘ You must be joking . |
| 11 | You must be joking . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You must be joking ! |
| 13 | ‘ You must be joking . |
| 14 | Countered with , ‘ You must be joking , ’ the response was , ‘ It 's against all rules and regulations . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You must be joking , ’ a Russian friend said when I asked if he would watch the May Day parade on television . |
| 16 | ‘ You must be joking , ’ Doyle said with a sour smile . |
| 17 | You must be joking , she said , |
| 18 | YOU MUST BE JOKING ! |
| 19 | And when Sean Connery discovered he was to be filmed with 8ft sharks for Thunderball his reaction was : ‘ You must be joking — not bloody likely . ’ |
| 20 | Occasionally someone on the team will say , ‘ Oh , we must have so-and-so , ’ and someone else will shout back , ‘ You must be joking , I ca n't stand him ! ’ |
| 21 | Granny — You must be joking ! |
| 22 | You must be joking . |
| 23 | Of course , the stock answer such questions receive is : ‘ You must be joking . |
| 24 | ‘ You must be joking ! ’ she exploded — but she could n't help smiling to herself . |
| 25 | ‘ You must be joking ! |
| 26 | You must be joking . |
| 27 | ‘ You must be joking , ’ said Duvall . |
| 28 | ‘ You must be joking . ’ |
| 29 | You must be joking . |
| 30 | ‘ You must be joking ! |