Example sentences of "always [verb] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does not mind being the butt of his colleagues ' jokes because he always has the last laugh . |
| 2 | Hera punished Echo by making her unable to speak , except to always repeat the last words anybody said to her . |
| 3 | In the darkness , the driver of Gould 's car kept repeating , ‘ They always get the last car in the convoy … they always get the last car in the convoy ’ , but Gould knew that he would not get hit . |
| 4 | In the darkness , the driver of Gould 's car kept repeating , ‘ They always get the last car in the convoy … they always get the last car in the convoy ’ , but Gould knew that he would not get hit . |
| 5 | When one has the misfortune to make war in the interior of one 's own country , pure strategy can not always have the last word . |
| 6 | In these circumstances , as de Thomasson remarks , ‘ pure strategy can not always have the last word ’ Finally , could the nation morally survive the shock of losing Verdun , with all its legendary mystique ? |
| 7 | You know she 'll always 'ave the last word , so please come back and tell 'er yer sorry fer yer 'arsh words . ’ |
| 8 | But the sheaf was always cut The last sheaf was cut then it was er put in the barn and kept there for the year and |
| 9 | A predominance of central funding will always leave the last word with government . |
| 10 | The Scouse always had the last word . |
| 11 | Feminist humour is astutely observed by Jackie Fleming in Never Give Up ( Penguin , £4.99 ) , where women always have the last laugh . |