Sentence examples for been intending from inspiring English sources

"been intending" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is commonly used to describe a continuous or ongoing intention or plan. For example: - "I have been intending to visit my grandmother for a while, but I keep getting busy with work." - "We have been intending to renovate the kitchen for years, but we never seem to have enough time or money." - "She has been intending to start her own business, and now she finally has the resources to do so."

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been intending

verb

To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); be intent upon; mean; design; plan; purpose.

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Not that he had been intending to grumble.

Mr. Behm said he had been intending to side with Senator John Kerry in the caucuses.

What could they have been intending to do with little James?

I've been intending to go back down there to see if my name is still there.

Robins had been intending to vote Remain but had changed her mind during the campaign.

He finds his expectations shattered, but not in the uplifting way the filmmakers may have been intending.

I had been intending to vote for the Green Party but they seem a bit all over the place recently.

At his death, he had been intending to return to New York after visiting a niece in Colorado.

For several years, myself and Brigitte have been intending to visit Nepal's medieval cities and monumental mountains.

I had been intending to spend the solar eclipse of 1999 staring at the Cornish sky through plastic glasses.

The sad squeaky sound went infinitely sharp, and Cahill realized he'd been intending to push the dog's nose against a pile of shit that was not his.

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