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Example sentences for "little matter"

  • This is no little matter," he said, "to be washed away with the blood of one or two and be forgotten.

  • A little matter, and a vain," said the captain.

  • Here you must rest till this little matter of the Slayers is finished.

  • He, too, had remained steadfast to Jacksonian principles, and he had never forgiven Jethro about a little matter of a state office which he (Sam) had failed to obtain.

  • Well," said Johnny, "a little matter of sprinklin'.

  • And it appeared that Mr. Mecklin knew all about the "little matter," and that the mention of the firm of Watling, Fowndes and Ripon had a magical effect in these parts.

  • Euclid, that you speak of a ruffianly assault upon my son Herbert as a little matter?

  • I’ve come to you on a little matter of business.

  • We have called--Mr. Starr and myself--on a little matter of business.

  • And you to think but a moment, and to perceive how the thing did be with her; and you to have been likewise stirred, if that you did be so strangely waked in a corner part of the heart; though but a little matter to wake you.

  • And this to be but a little matter; yet of strange and peculiar interest, as you to agree.

  • Would a procurator have dared to risk the peace of the whole province for a little matter?

  • Suppose ye that this was a little matter, naught but an error in judgment of the procurator?

  • I was telling my cousin," he said, addressing Martha, "that I came down here to attend to a little matter of business.

  • He explained that he had motored over, having a little matter of personal business to attend to.

  • Yes; I have a little matter of business with her," said Mr. Rider, who intended to make his arrest very quietly.

  • Sorry to drag you clear up here about such a little matter," said he when they two were seated, with his big table desk between them.

  • It's merely a little matter I wish to go over with him--a few minutes," stammered Westervelt.

  • And you'll give me a little matter of money, won't you, young man?

  • But you'll give me a little matter to put in my pocket, young man?

  • A little matter of business, Mr. Walters," replied Rathbury, pulling out a card.

  • I just ran around the corner to get some chocolate drops, and a little matter detained me a few moments; and when I came back, the train had gone.

  • We've got a little matter to talk over an' nobody leaves.

  • Now there's a little matter of trouble that's happened around the HC.

  • A little matter--except that, in an hour, he would be meeting the eyes of one he loved much more.

  • Is my preservation from death to be regarded as a little matter?

  • There is no use of life, but just to find out what is fit for us to do; and, doing it, it seems to be little matter whether we live or die in it.

  • We live so little while, that (always setting aside the effect on a future existence) it is little matter whether we live or no.

  • I was over to Whiteboro a while ago on a little matter of worldly bus'nis, an' I seen a couple of fellers halter-exercisin' a hoss in the tavern yard.

  • Not at all, only a little matter of curiosity.

  • But I want to consult you, since you are so kind to allow me, on a little matter--but do sit down, I never can talk of business standing.

  • I have a word to say to you, for, though you are a stranger to me, I see you are a dear good creature, and I think I may take the liberty of asking your advice in a little matter.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "little matter" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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