However, in private talks reported later, he admits, "This story may make me lose votes," while adding, over and over, "I didn't do anything regrettable".
You do a regrettable disservice by citing a serious problem and not making your readers aware that there have been real and concerted efforts to fix it.
"The police presence makes me feel anxious and worried for the younger ones that might panic and do something regrettable after seeing the dogs," he explained.
Soon the two found themselves driving toward a wall but because love can sometimes make us do highly regrettable things, Perkins drove straight through the fence and into uncharted territory.
That's when we say something we shouldn't, or do something regrettable.
The atmosphere will be more volatile and the two of you will be more likely to snap at each other or do something regrettable.
Student gets drunk takes out todger, does something regrettable w/ inanimate object.
How does this regrettable fact justify government oversight of private expression?
Let her take whatever she needed for herself, and for Ms. F. What he did find, regrettable but obdurate, was his old fear of the unfamiliar.
While I'm not going to argue with the science of this, it does seem regrettable that the same voices are seldom heard campaigning for other essential elements of the "therapeutic setting": decent, healthy food, for example, access to fresh air and exercise, talking therapies, even massage.
