"had initially envisioned" is a phrase that is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
Example Sentence: She had initially envisioned the project taking two weeks, but it has dragged on for far longer.
Mr. Eytan had initially envisioned a lean and nonhierarchical operation to be represented just by ministers and legations rather than ambassadors and embassies.
What Mr. Ashkin had initially envisioned as a disembodied ideological free-zone has materialized as a refugee shelter or prison camp built from recycled packing containers, giant boxes of the kind used to ship machinery, weapons and military vehicles internationally.
All of the teachers had initially envisioned the school's identity around STEM, with students playing a key role in that identity formation.
Though Leeper had initially envisioned selling the female condom in America's private sector, the call from Zimbabwe, coupled with the condom's poor reception in the US, prompted the company to shift course.
Not quite the simple trip to South Sudan we had initially envisioned.
Leonard, although he had initially envisioned a male voice interpreting the song, decided to use Madonna as the main vocalist and used the demo version as the main vocal with backup drums only.
"When there's damage, that damage has a longer-term effect than we may have initially envisioned, but the more significant factor is that initial damage," said Lasker.
So DocDoc went from a ZocDoc clone, which is how it had initially been envisioned in late 2012 when it launched, to a service providing patients with ratings and information (alongside booking services) for doctors in Southeast Asia.
They speculated that this might have prompted them to seek or accept managerial proposals, although they had not initially envisioned any career plans involving management.
This had initially puzzled me.
It would not be the kind of ride he initially envisioned, which was having some fun with the people in New York".
