Example sentences of "what [vb past] it matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | What did it matter what colour it was ? |
| 2 | Everyone within earshot was listening , eyes concentrated on mine , heads bent forward — but what did it matter in this little world of shadows where all barriers were down . |
| 3 | Dimly , she thought that was n't the romantic kind of thing she 'd envisioned saying at this point , but what did it matter ? |
| 4 | What did it matter who ruled whom ? |
| 5 | What did it matter ? |
| 6 | What did it matter anyway ? |
| 7 | What did it matter , really ? |
| 8 | He said that as I was pregnant , what did it matter ? ’ |
| 9 | What did it matter if fish died after a few weeks ? |
| 10 | But what did it matter ? |
| 11 | What did it matter , anyway ? |
| 12 | As she considered this , Hilda intercepted her gaze , saluted her , and majestically , graciously , demonstratively , voluptuously blew a kiss across the room : Liz waved back , less flamboyantly but with equal composure , for what did it matter , after all , that Hilda Stark was there , was it not a tribute to them both , to the efficacy of the cure ? |
| 13 | What did it matter , she thought . |
| 14 | What did it matter that she could n't understand what they were saying ? |
| 15 | What did it matter anyway ? |
| 16 | What did it matter to them ? |
| 17 | He supposed that she had to be somewhere and he reminded himself that they were n't supposed to be together so what did it matter , but still he kept catching himself scanning the crowd for her . |
| 18 | Quarter to or past sometime , what did it matter ? |
| 19 | Then I shut my mind to the picture that her words had conjured , for after all — what did it matter ? |
| 20 | But what did it matter ? |
| 21 | The noise of the engine was muffled by the mist — and if anybody happened to hear it , what did it matter ? |
| 22 | What did it matter ? |
| 23 | What did it matter if the gilded cherubs on the ceiling were chipped and almost brown , or if the seats all looked stricken with a terrible disease that left huge , bald patches where the plush should have been ? |
| 24 | What did it matter ? |
| 25 | What did it matter that she did n't know what to say to him ? |
| 26 | What did it matter to her if he had one special woman or a harem ? |
| 27 | They would n't have known how to run the paper , but what did it matter ? |
| 28 | What did it matter if there would be no long-term future for them together — that in a few days ' time they would be separated by the cold grey expanse of the North Sea ? |
| 29 | He was far too close to the edge , he might have slipped anyway , and what did it matter if she added just a little extra impetus ? |
| 30 | What did it matter if Gran took all day to bind the cloths round her aching knees so she could walk ? |