Sentence examples for surely not essential from inspiring English sources

Why is the heroine of V For Vendetta so cruelly tortured, something surely not essential in a film devoid of narrative?

Surely not big data?

Surely not able.

Surely not clothes.

Surely not our beach.

Coincidence – surely not?

Surely not more.

Almost surely not.

Surely not that then.

Intentional, surely not.

Oh no, surely not.