Example sentences of "let [pers pn] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They let me in on the secret quite early — then people started joking about it . |
| 2 | So let me in on the secret . |
| 3 | In February , after an exhausting series of tests , the doctor let us in on the secret my father strove to keep until the end of his life . |
| 4 | And Steve obediently went off , taking with him a jar of Marmite in a garden trowel as a substitute for coal in a shovel , and he stood out there on the front porch in the cold listening to the silence and looking at the stars , waiting for them to let him in on the last stroke of Big Ben on the radio : a faint , feeble echo of some once meaningful ritual , though what it had meant or now could mean nobody there knew or had ever known . |
| 5 | To my mind , the excellent Ms Phillips would be able to give a much funnier performance if she were allowed to let us in on the truth from the outset . |
| 6 | Well , now that I 've tracked you down , perhaps you would n't mind letting me in on the key to all this mystery . |
| 7 | He made the mistake of letting me in on the ground floor when he was offering a Pissarro . |
| 8 | I 'm letting you in on the latest fashion and all you can do is accuse me of lying . |
| 9 | ‘ For take-off and landing , each propeller works like a helicopter rotor , pulling the plane into the sky or letting it down on the helipad . |
| 10 | TV chef Raymond Blanc lets us in on the secrets of his kitchen |
| 11 | People keep mentioning this Peter Barnes guy , could someone please let me in on the joke . |
| 12 | When Maire Carroll 's mother said thoughtfully to Eve , ‘ Do you know I always ask myself why a sensible woman like Mother Francis would let you out on the street looking like Little Orphan Annie , ’ Benny 's brow darkened . |