Sentence examples for regretted allowing from inspiring English sources

Mr. Obama regretted allowing himself to get drawn into sharp combat with her, which polls showed was hurting his image.

The Associated Press reported that the Rev. Alvaro Corcuera, the order's superior in Rome, said he regretted allowing Father Williams to continue giving public lectures and television interviews on living a moral life and teaching moral theology to seminarians.

Papile — who has coached players like Ewing, Chris Herren and Scoonie Penn and also worked as a scout and in the front office for the Boston Celtics for almost 15 years — said he regretted allowing Driscoll to have access to the Boston summer team and its top players.

Enraged, Anna Jorgensen said she regretted allowing them to spank her daughter and expressed regret that she compounded her daughter's humiliation by calling the media.

Health Secretary Alan Johnson believed that Field was motivated primarily by a personal dislike of Brown, and Field later apologised, saying that he had regretted allowing his campaign to become personal.

In the column, Kristol asserted that Palin had "made clear -- without being willing to flat out say so -- that she regretted allowing herself to be overly handled and constrained after the Republican convention".

"The family regrets allowing her to work," the Mujiasih family statement said.

Only later did many come to regret allowing another company to set retail prices and to get between them and their customers.

He said he still regrets allowing the character Joan to say "The medium is the message" in the first season, four years before Marshall McLuhan introduced the dictum in print.

Even Sir Alex Ferguson says that Hart is the best goalkeeper England have produced in 20 years and regrets allowing Pearce to beat United to the punch in signing him from Shrewsbury.

He regrets allowing laziness and weight problems to stunt his development at Michigan, keeping him on the sideline to the point that he asked to move to the offensive line in the second half of his sophomore season.