Sentence examples for had long intended from inspiring English sources

Sri Lanka is at war in all but name, and perhaps that is what the rival armies had long intended.

Speaking by telephone last week, Mr. Gartenstein said his company had long intended to open niche clubs that might offer Spanish-language, black-themed or children's films.

But then I considered that I had long intended to use this phrase as a title for something — a story, an essay, a whole book.

It was unclear late tonight if American warplanes had actually begun to fly over Turkey into Iraq, as they had long intended to.

"Quit while you're ahead was, and is, my motto," wrote Carolyn Heilbrun, explaining why she had long intended to kill herself at 70.

On being interrogated, Prinzip declared that as a Servian Nationalist he had long intended to kill some eminent person, while Cabrinovitch, a compositor, 21 years of age, said he had received the bomb from anarchists in Belgrade.

Known for Star Trek Into Darkness, The Hobbit franchise and forthcoming Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game, Cumberbatch has long intended to learn Hamlet's famous lines.

Sri Lanka is at war in all but name, and it is hard not to believe that is what the contending armies have long intended.

The agency has long intended to build shafts near the reservoir to connect tunnels, which are part of the Croton Water Filtration Plant project, a treatment facility that the agency is building beneath Van Cortlandt Park.

This looks like a boycott-led slap in the face, though a spokeswoman denies it; the Clintons, she explains, have long intended to stay in Washington for a millennium gala.It would be far more damaging, some say, if the NAACP were to discourage talented high-school athletes from attending college in South Carolina.

In his letter, Carter said he had "long firmly intended" to leave the Pentagon by December.