Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv] matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fisher replied that it did not matter much . |
| 2 | She knew the doctor thought she was a lunatic , but as she would never see her again , it did not matter now as much as the truth . |
| 3 | It did not matter to her anyway . |
| 4 | It did not matter that it was the Rose they had grown to like . |
| 5 | Van Doren 's excuse to the investigating congressional committee was the most interesting part of the unedifying episode : ‘ I was almost able to convince myself that it did not matter what I was doing because it was having such a good effect on the national attitude to teachers , education and the intellectual life . ’ |
| 6 | The man he described as ‘ the top Russian espionage agent in the United States — Alger Hiss 's boss ’ turned out to be a blameless university professor and China expert , Owen Lattimore , but it did not matter . |
| 7 | Today it did not matter so much that he was different . |
| 8 | It did not matter now that he was stiff , itching , cold , and dry-mouthed with hunger . |
| 9 | He was not rewarded with the birdie four he deserved but it did not matter . |
| 10 | He explained his predicament to the librarian but was told that the book was due to be pulped and it did not matter that he was the author . |
| 11 | For a moment he felt that it did not matter what he had promised Maidstone . |
| 12 | At the time it did not matter to us because I did n't want to go out with David . |
| 13 | It did not matter to them if Luke 's betrayal of his friends was the culmination of a long-standing feud between himself and Gallagher concerning land . |
| 14 | Within an hour he would be prostrate with an attack of the headache which had plagued him since youth , but it did not matter . |
| 15 | Only a few years ago , in their efforts to quell the excessive and unhealthy use of laxatives , many doctors were insisting that it did not matter . |
| 16 | But it did not matter one iota what the stuffed shirts , or even that first audience of regular people , thought . |
| 17 | There was no ‘ correct ’ length of time which should elapse before she was ready to try , so it did not matter how long it took . |
| 18 | She said that it did not matter whether or not he knew Alexander Atkins and instructed him to take down a message for him . |
| 19 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 20 | You should have them taken out ; it did not matter here in Hampstead , where we see nobody . ’ |
| 21 | The argument became heated when I refused to agree that it did not matter if the document was authentic or not . |
| 22 | ‘ No , especially tonight it did not matter . |
| 23 | Provided it was in the form of a thin whisker , it did not matter what the chemical nature of the stuff was or by what method the whiskers were grown . |
| 24 | What was more , when we plotted , not strength but breaking strain , against thickness , we found that it did not matter what the whiskers were made of , for they all plotted on the same curve . |
| 25 | It did not matter , nor which chest of drawers belonged to whom . |
| 26 | Half of staff questioned believed it did not matter whether they lead by example . |
| 27 | As there were always numerous staff and porters available , it did not matter that it was extremely heavy to carry even when empty . |
| 28 | Indeed , it was an achievement that they managed it just long enough to clinch the Heineken title and then , once it did not matter any longer began to lose games at a rate that would have been unthinkable during the previous years of unbroken triumph . |
| 29 | I supposed , since to him Neil was only ‘ John Parsons ’ , it did not matter either way , and if Ewen saw the little pile of debris — tins and used paper plates and my thermos — that I had left outside the tent , it would surely go to persuade him that Neil was safely ensconced on the island . |
| 30 | To Sharpe 's eyes the battalion 's musket drill was lamentably slow , but it did not matter ; they were fighting . |