Leading a mock protest, she intones: "What do we want?"

And again they went through the game of mock protest and persuasion.

We made mock protests and other such talk, then they drifted away to their favorite corner for more private converse.

Across the table another 17-year-old girl, dressed in black jersey, throws up her hands in mock protest.

'Seems to me you're taking advantage of your position, sir,' the Master said in mock protest.

Duncan held up his hand in mock protest.

He rolled his eyes in mock protest.

The girl laughed and raised her lovely eyebrows in mock protest.

He shook his head in mock protest, going on.

She shook her head in mock protest.