Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [art] intention " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were bookshelves along one wall , with titles ranging from John Keegan 's Six Armies in Normandy and Richard Holmes 's Firing Line , which I 'd read , to anonymous pulp volumes called A Social History of the Hand Grenade or similar , which I 'd no intention of reading . |
| 2 | I had no intention then , or ever after , of joining any group or ‘ movement ’ and I therefore sidestepped the Vorticists just as I sidestepped both the Imagists and the Amygists . |
| 3 | I had no intention of answering a Parliamentary question on soggy ham sandwiches and I could not see why Government was involved in the commercial operation at all . |
| 4 | I had no intention of speaking to her or signalling to her . |
| 5 | I had no intention of doing that . |
| 6 | And once she was sure I would n't — because I did make it clear , you know , that I had no intention of doing more than agreeing to the legal business — she felt safe again . ’ |
| 7 | I mentioned to Kirk that I had no intention of asking him about that part of the tour . |
| 8 | I had no intention of swiping the lot . |
| 9 | I had nothing particular planned , merely an idea that it might be interesting to thrash our way out into the open ocean , though , mindful of the danger of tropical storms , I had no intention of going too far from the safe shelter of a Bahamian hurricane hole . |
| 10 | I know that I had no intention of stopping the procedure , whatever anyone said or did to influence me . |
| 11 | They slipped off so I would n't approach her , which I had no intention of doing at all . ’ |
| 12 | He was very drowsy , and as I had no intention of letting him wake himself up with a conversation on my private life or anything else , I said I did not believe in mixing business and pleasure , and , as I hoped , the cliché put him to sleep . |
| 13 | You were right — I had no intention of selling . |
| 14 | ‘ So my career had begun , even if at that stage I had no intention of prolonging it . |
| 15 | I had no intention of misleading the jury . |
| 16 | I had no intention of going through the proper channels ; it could take weeks . |
| 17 | I was bewitched by her , I think to be freer than became me , though I had no intention to carry the jest further . |
| 18 | I had no intention just then of attempting such a thing , but as I lay awake that night I realised that if it had n't been for Lili I might have felt it necessary to attempt to describe to someone , anyone , what I knew of God and what he had asked of me . |
| 19 | I felt , wretchedly , that I was such a moral coward , such a sickening liar , that making a promise I knew I had no intention whatever of keeping was hardly any worse than what I had already done . |
| 20 | After you 'd arrived in my life with such a bang I had no intention of letting you walk straight out again . ’ |
| 21 | I had no intention of giving trouble or offence to anyone , not me , but the case-officer discerned in me the potential for terrible trouble . |
| 22 | But be assured , I had no intention of trying to buy your favours with the price of a meal . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I had no intention of becoming your lover last night when I invited you back here . |
| 24 | ‘ I had no intention of spending time on a beach when I left London . ’ |
| 25 | I told them , you know , I had no intention of committing suicide , I 'm not that way . |
| 26 | I told them I had no intention of budging an inch from this place , and if they could n't be civil they could both keep away . |
| 27 | The only comment I wish to make at this stage is that the court recognised that I had no intention to act in defiance of an order of the court or to hold myself above the law . |
| 28 | I could feel the cold draught from the hole in the roof but I had no intention of getting any closer . |
| 29 | I had but I had no intention of giving Miranda the impression I was disorganized . |
| 30 | I had a back pocket full of readies as I planned on doing some Christmas shopping while up West and I had no intention of joining the Christmas Eve rush to the lingerie departments of the big stores , so the first thing was to get away from the temptation of the HMV shop . |