Пример употребления: Early on in the episode, Horace the pug looked disgusted to see Evil George – and rightly so. “I have called on a personal matter. Therefore what I have to say must be utterly confidential …” (Guardian).
''I am writing to you, however, on a personal matter,'' the letter continued, going on to discuss Ms. Mason's interest in ''corporate communications, public or legislative affairs, or media and government relations.'' (The New York Times).
Пример употребления: “Grace Mugabe is not a member of the Zimbabwean government and she was in South Africa on personal business,” the party’s federal executive chairman, James Selfe, said. (Reuters).
Mayor Betty Heater had planned to discuss the matter in an interview this week but was called away on personal business and had to postpone. (The Lewiston Tribune).