In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 74 in MODALITY is defined:
‘can you believe’ to express surprise
PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:
Can you believe that my poor mother still did not know that she was dying?
Mongol female level 4 grammar class.
TLC SPEAKING TEST EXAMPLE:
Can you believe that only in Niger there are one point three million people
who are in critical need of food and assistance due to corruption?
female Sri Lanka B1
An iWeb search:
1 Can you believe it? 2387
2 CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? 957
3 CAN YOU BELIEVE IT’S 405
4 CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? 272
5 CAN YOU BELIEVE IT IS 202
6 CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT THE 187
7 CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, 178
8 CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! 162
9 CAN YOU BELIEVE IT’S ALREADY 153
10 CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT IT 137
11 CAN YOU BELIEVE WE ARE 131
12 CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT I 126
13 CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS IS 119
14 CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS 104
15 CAN YOU BELIEVE IT’S BEEN 98
16 CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT WE 89
17 CAN YOU BELIEVE IT’S ALMOST 83
18 CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT IT’S 79
19 CAN YOU BELIEVE WE’RE 77
20 CAN YOU BELIEVE CHRISTMAS IS 56