To distract him, she added in a mock indignant tone.

"I'm just here to eat," he said in his mock sensible tone.

There is a mock instructional tone to it all.

Sawyer assumed a mock serious tone as he looked over the very polished Hardy.

She opened her eyes wide and in a mock tone of horror, replied, "And miss all the fun?

You must have very good guanxi," she said in mock serious tones, then popped a grape into her mouth.

"My weight hasn't changed in forty years, but its location has," he'd explained in a mock depressed tone.

He announced in a mock dramatic tone that he was going to tell me a story.

His voice took on a mock serious tone: "Yeah, this place is full of criminals!"

"He forces me to a decision, friends," said Rhodan in mock sepulchral tones.