Example sentences of "[verb] to have the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hospital doctors , for example , are still expected to have the last word about their patients ' discharge dates , or about their transfer to other institutions , or to decide whether they should be offered facilities such as regular readmission to relieve carers . |
| 2 | ‘ Looks as if Dora 's going to have the last laugh , ’ said Iris . |
| 3 | Whether or not you opened the discussion , you may be invited to have the last word . |
| 4 | CROONER Des O'Connor is expecting to have the last laugh on his critics by soaring to the top of the Christmas hit parade . |
| 5 | ‘ Do you always have to have the last word ? ’ |
| 6 | Dana was opinionated and liked to have the last word in an argument . |
| 7 | It has been the main argument of this book , however , that this objection ought not to be allowed to have the last word . |
| 8 | They were also immature in the battles they had with their children , often fighting to have the last word , calling the child names , or taunting them with statements such as ‘ You just dare ’ . |
| 9 | I found myself fronting various current affairs programmes , striving for impeccable balance when the wily professional politicians were at loggerheads in the studio , each trying to have the last word and score the final point . |
| 10 | Janet added : ‘ My husband had a wicked sense of humour and had to have the last laugh in life and death . |
| 11 | Holding a rolling pin and determined to have the last laugh . |