But now we have to talk the whole matter over, and that's going to take a little time.

"Sunday night I'm supposed to have thought the whole matter over and perhaps changed my mind."

I have given a great deal of thought to this whole matter.

He would take the whole matter out of my hands.

"Right now, the whole matter is being taken up by our legal department."

But if he didn't, then she'd probably just continue to be angry about the whole matter.

The whole matter needs to be brought to an end immediately.

To put the whole matter in a word, she was beginning, although ever so slightly, to fall out of love.

He realized why they had lost interest in the whole matter.

He shook his head as if the whole matter was beyond him.