Example sentences of "what [vb past] it [verb] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | What did it matter if fish died after a few weeks ? |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | What did it matter if Gran took all day to bind the cloths round her aching knees so she could walk ? |
| 6 | What did it matter if there was a leak in the Press ? |
| 7 | Freddi did his Zsupan number with all the expertise of an old professional — miraculous ! — what did it matter if his voice had gone — and then , Busacher swallowed hard , realizing his heart was pounding dangerously fast , Therese made her entrance and began to sing . |
| 8 | What did it matter if the change in posture meant she could see all of his chest now , the hard planes , the well-defined muscles ? |
| 9 | What did it matter if the way he was standing , with his hands in his pockets , tightened the fine wool of his trousers across his loins and his thighs ? |
| 10 | What did it matter if it stopped her from sleeping ? |