Sentence examples for merely planned from inspiring English sources

Lawyers for both men argued that they had merely planned to swindle Mr. Sandy, not to forcibly rob him, a required element of the felony murder charges.

Nobody was delighted with the outcome, though Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart have seen it all before and merely planned to get it right the next night.

In Brussels, European leaders carefully avoided making any threats and said they merely planned to "explain" their position to the Bush administration.

That might sound a bit scary but, probed further, the pair insisted that they merely planned to "yell at you about your finances, help you choose a bathing suit, lamp, president… AND tell you what to do if you need an abortion", making it a one-stop shop for all your interior and family-planning needs.

Pelosi press aide Brendan Daly told me that The Washington Post report on her CIA briefing was "overblown" because Pelosi, then the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, thought the techniques described, which the CIA insists included waterboarding, were merely planned and not yet in use.

We cannot merely plan for tomorrow today.

(It turned out that, like a good Frenchman, he was merely planning a squab casserole).

Because the HEFCE didn't announce a policy, but merely plans to develop one, here I'll focus on the RCUK policy and Finch recommendations.

But now officials are signaling that Mr. Clinton merely plans to decide whether to go ahead with the program's initial development.

Great leaders do not merely plan action, they inspire belief.

It's unclear from its blog whether Google is testing Bristlecone on a functioning system or is merely planning to develop a functional chip at some point in the future.